Specter of government shutdown in Florida as House, Senate clash over state budget

This was expected to beryllium the week House and Senate leaders met to span the gaps of their fund disagreement that has already sent the legislative league into overtime and seen accusations and insults hurled among GOP officials.

Instead, lone the House came to the Capitol connected May 13 – and lone to widen the league to June 30.

That move, though, carries small value since the Senate isn’t doing the same. The session, which was acceptable to extremity May 2, has already been extended by some chambers to June 6.

Extending the league to June 30 “sends a wide message. If the Senate’s program is to hold america out, past they volition find america unmoved,” House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, told his chamber. “We volition not beryllium intimidated, and we volition not beryllium bullied.”

Perez said Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, reneged connected the “framework” of the fund woody they agreed to connected May 2 but added he’s going to enactment to span the differences successful betwixt the chambers.

After the erosion of spot betwixt the chambers, though, Perez said much clip is needed to scope a last agreement.

The fiscal twelvemonth ends June 30. If lawmakers don’t walk a fund by that clip it would mean a authorities authorities shutdown, throwing disconnected readying for schoolhouse boards, cities, counties and different entities passim Florida.

Perez said helium doesn’t deliberation a shutdown volition happen, but admitted the chambers are nary person to an statement than they were past week.

This is simply a processing quality story. Check backmost for updates.

Gray Rohrer is a newsman with the USA TODAY Network-Florida Capital Bureau. He tin beryllium reached at grohrer@gannett.com. Follow him connected X: @GrayRohrer.

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