Florida legislative session on brink as DeSantis, House feud threatens May 2 finale

DeSantis 'is choosing to be an enemy,' Florida's House speaker says.

Florida lawmakers are used to facing crushing deadlines when the two-month legislative session lurches toward the finish line.

But prospects of meeting this year’s scheduled May 2 finale may already be dead in the water.

Blistering personal attacks between House Speaker Daniel Perez and Gov. Ron DeSantis, both Republicans, are enflaming an already massive money divide between the House and Senate. But Perez said he is committed to working on finalizing a state budget and tax-cut plan in the session’s closing two weeks.

“I think we have the same mission. We just have different ways of getting there,” Perez told reporters. “But we will find a way to get there. And even if we’re not there today, I have all the faith in the world that we will get there eventually.

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DeSantis naturally blames Democrats for the current impasse...