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Rick Scott Supporters Urge Deeper Cuts in State Budget
With strong backing from business interests and tea party conservatives, the way appears clear for Gov. Rick Scott to make "significant" cuts in the Legislature's $69.7 billion spending plan.
Before Scott signs the budget at a scheduled ceremony at The Villages Thursday afternoon, he is expected to exercise his line-item veto power to eliminate hundreds of millions, if not billions, of expenditures.
TaxWatch Turkey List Draws Lawmakers' Ire
Adam Hasner Sticks With Paul Ryan Despite N.Y. Election Result
Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, now in a crowded and competitive Republican primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, shrugged off the results of a special congressional election in New York on Tuesday night, inwhich a Democratic candidate picked up aseat from the Republicans,and doubled down his support of federal budgetary reforms backed by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
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Tom Rooney: Obama Violating the Constitution on Libya
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney testified before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday and accused President Barack Obama of violating the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution for not getting congressional authorization for military actions in Libya.
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Ander Crenshaw Gets Mayport Carrier Funding Back on Track
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Quran Shredding Planned for Memorial Day in Boca Raton
A South Florida man's plan to shred a copy of the Quran at a Boca Raton park is drawing fire from a local minister who has also spoken out against Muslim extremism.
Mark Dixon Rowley informed the city that he will desecrate a copy of the Islamic holy book at Sanborn Square on Memorial Day. His request for a permit was neither approved nor denied by the city, which informed Rowley in writing on Wednesday that an "'event conducted for the primary purpose of First Amendment speech or assembly' is excluded from permit requirements."
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