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Session derailed by dollar divides, deep distrust, then late-hour deal emerged
The 2025 legislative session unraveled amid an increasingly tense House-Senate clash over a massive tax-break package, a $4.4 ...
Tense session goes into OT
Another sign of potential remaining tension is the open-ended nature of the “extension” the two sides adopted late Friday.
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DeSantis Suggests He Would Veto Perez's Sales Tax Plan: 'Dead on Arrival'
Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested on Wednesday that he would veto House Speaker Danny Perez's plan to cut sales taxes, accusing the ...
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Feud between Gov. DeSantis, House Speaker Perez deepens over property tax cut plan
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized the House's late-session push for property tax cuts as ineffective. House Speaker Daniel Perez prefers sales tax cuts and formed a 37-member committee to ...
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A legislative session like no other: Key issues that didn't go in Florida Gov. DeSantis' favor
And DeSantis has been amping up his rhetoric against legislators, labeling them the "House of Pettiness." In January, Republican lawmakers opened and then immediately ended a special session ...
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Session derailed by dollar divides, deep distrust, then late-hour deal emerged
DeSantis and the House have been at odds for months. Perez clashed with the governor over his call for a special session in January, days after Trump’s inauguration, to ready the state for ...