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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Florida lawmakers are heading into the final stretch of their annual session with most major legislation unfinished.<\/p>\n<p>Just 9 days remain unless overtime is needed to finish the budget and lawmakers are showing no sense of urgency as the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-51110 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/final-days00000001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000001-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000001-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/final-days00000004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000004-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000004-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/final-days00000010\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000010-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000010-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000010-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/final-days00000010.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In seven weeks, Just 26 bills have been sent to the Governor.<\/p>\n<p>Most are inconsequential, but the final nine days are likely to see marathon sessions.<\/p>\n<p>“The most dangerous days in all the Florida calendar, the last few weeks of the legislative session. A lot of things can happen, probably will happen very quickly in the next few weeks,\u201d said Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>Time frames for filing amendments are greatly compressed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-51110 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/final-days00000007\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" 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Apparently very important to the Speaker, never heard in the Senate, but all of a sudden it has popped up and moved very quickly,\u201d said Dunbar.<\/p>\n<p>We asked State Senator Aaron Bean if he was worried about nefarious lawmaking over the final days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne man\u2019s nefarious is another person\u2019s this is the greatest thing ever, so it\u2019s session,\u201d said Bean.<\/p>\n<p>The crush has already started.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a Senate committee passed five bills, each averaging a hundred pages, in five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers are on pace to pass fewer bills than in any other session since the legislature began meeting every year in 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida lawmakers are heading into the final stretch of their annual session with most major legislation unfinished. Just 9 days remain unless overtime is needed to finish the budget and lawmakers are showing no sense of urgency as the clock is ticking. 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