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Florida Senate Softens Its Stance on Tax Overhaul, Budget.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2002
By John Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 13--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--The session-long stalemate between Florida's ruling Republicans may be ending, as the Senate agreed Tuesday to drop its plan to kill some $880 million in sales-tax exemptions to pump more money into education.
Instead, Sen. Don Sullivan, R-Seminole, said the Senate will be able to pour almost that same amount into public schools without a tax increase, after last week's economic forecast promised lawmakers $644 million in unexpected cash.
"I really don't know if the logjam is over," Sullivan said. "But this shows some movement between us and the House."
With the Legislature's scheduled March 22 adjournment looming, Senate...
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