Asked if the session was called to stem the risk of more courtroom losses for DeSantis, Hooper said, “I’m not an attorney, so I don’t know that answer to that.”
Rank-and-file Republican lawmakers also demurred when asked about the session.
A proposed $10 million program expected to be approved this week would replace last year’s spending and clearly authorize the governor to pluck migrants from anywhere in the country and transport them to another state.“There’s no one at this table who’d say Joe Biden is doing a great job with immigration,” Pizzo said at a gathering of Senate Democrats. “But it’s job.
Three of the first cases that have gone before judges have been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds because of questions about the authority of the Office of Statewide Prosecution. This week’s legislation is intended to clear that up, although it’s uncertain how the change will affect the status of those already charged.But the most eye-catching of the bills is the one confronting Walt Disney Co., and was only unveiled Monday afternoon, hours after the special session started.
“The largest driver in our state for revenue is tourism, and he’s taking on the biggest,” said Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book of Plantation.
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