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The bill was passed by the Senate hours later and now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis desk. | Chris O Meara/AP Photo
Florida House easily passes $97B budget over Democrat s scorn
TALLAHASSEE The GOP-dominated House on Thursday easily passed a $97 billion spending plan that’s tied to sweeping tax proposals amid opposition from Democrats, who see it as a giveaway to corporations.
Fourteen House Democrats voted “no” to the proposal budget, criticizing the Republican majority for offering to send $1 billion in new tax revenue to companies not directly to individual residents. They also blasted the budget’s permanent cut to money flowing to an affordable housing trust fund as well the fact that it does not expand Medicaid despite the Biden administration incentivizing expansion in its pandemic relief bill.