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Signs pointed towards the Florida Senate ending session today after the Florida House quit yesterday, but that’s not the case. As Matt Galka tells us, Florida isn’t any closer to a budget with two chambers clearly at odds.

The end of the 2015 legislative session is playing out more like a soap opera than a ceremony.  As the Capitol Turns continued Wednesday, with Senators taking jabs at the chamber that quit over a Medicaid money standoff.

“American workers work hard, they would never quit and go home early, and this bill is a testament to that fact,” said Sen. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) while zinging the House during a floor speech on a bill that would require state and local governments to buy flags made in the USA.

Pensacola Republican Greg Evers took it a step farther.

“They didn’t complete their work, if I had an employee like that, I would fire them,” he said.

The House was rowdy yesterday when they decided to call it a session, but the chamber sat quiet Wednesday.

House Democrats held a caucus meeting and developed a plan

“I’m fully concentrating on healthcare expansion, that’s our jobs,” said Minority Leader Rep. Mark Pafford.

Many House Republicans didn’t come to the building at all.

With the House it quitting early it left many Senators with bills still in play in positions they didn’t want to be in.

Sen. David Simmons (R-Altamonte Springs) revenge porn bill – which would criminalize posting intimate pictures of someone without their permission – passed, but not the way he wanted. But if he wanted it to become a law, he had no choice.

“It does give us something, it certainly doesn’t give us what we need, or what the people of Florida deserve,” said Simmons.

The Senate adjourned Wednesday around 3 p.m. but not for the year.  They called on the House to reconvene before Friday – the scheduled end to session. The House Speaker already said no.

Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli sent a letter to the Senate President late Wednesday afternoon reiterating his chamber’s opposition to expanding Medicaid, and said he was ready to work on a budget for the state during a Special Session.  The Senate says they would be willing to come back to finish up work before the week ends.