New Year Starts With Special Session

Florida Charlie Crist Florida lawmakers will return to Tallahassee on January 5th to deal with the state's $2.3 billion budget deficit.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, December 30, 2008 - 11:50 pm CST
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Senate president Jeff Atwater, R-North
Palm Beach, and House speaker Ray Sansom, R-Destin, say lawmakers
will begin a special session on Monday to work on Florida's $2.3
billion budget deficit.
The two Republican leaders issued the formal call for the
special session on Tuesday.
It will run from 11 a.m. Jan. 5 to 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 16.
Legislators are returning to the Capitol to deal with the
shortfall for the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends June
30.
Gov. Charlie Crist's deficit reduction plan is heavy on cutting
spending, borrowing money and shifting funds. It avoids tax and fee
increases as well as employee furloughs and layoffs, but not all
lawmakers support Crist's proposals.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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