All but one of Floridas Republican senators got a passing grade, with two earning perfect scores -- Garrett Richter, R-Naples, and Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando -- and 13 others picking up A's for their votes in the regular session from the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber on Friday released its annual post-session report card on how legislators vote Chamber issues during the 60-day session, ranging from support of personal injury protection insurance reform and numeric nutrient criteria for state waters to opposition to the expansion of casinos.
Florida voters and business leaders deserve to know whose side their legislators vote with -- the status quo or job creators, Mark Wilson, chamber president and CEO, stated in a release.
As we work to secure Floridas future, the Florida Chambers legislative report card will provide voters and employers the information they need when making decisions on who they will support in the future.
With GOP members dominating the higher grades, the average pro-business grade of the entire Legislature was a B; the grade point average was 83 percent in the Senate and 84 percent in the House.
The Chambers political operation team, under Marian Johnson, will use the report card as it focus on the 2012 election cycle.
View the results here.
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