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First Amendment Foundation's
Legislative Report
Click above for a list of all the bills tracked by the First Amendment Foundation during the 2010 Legislative Session and the final action on each bill. You will find a description of each bill that passed the 2010 Legislature.
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| 10/06/09 | | Protect Florida’s Beaches
(PowerPoint Presentation)Oil and Gas Leasing Florida State-owned Waters Gulf of Mexico: A Briefing
(In Acrobat Reader)
The Complete Discussion on MP3 Format
(Click to listen to both sides of the presentation)
| The Florida House Democratic Caucus hosted a discussion concerning proposals to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling in state waters.
Presenters included Frank Matthews of the Hopping Green & Sams law firm and others representing Florida Energy Associates; Eric Draper of the Florida Audubon Society; and various other experts on the subject.
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OTHER OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING RESOURCES
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From Representative Mark Pafford (D-West Palm Beach)
The next five documents were submitted by Representative Pafford
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| December 1990 | | Crossroads: Designing Florida's Tax Structure | Thanks to the
Florida Chamber Foundation |
| February 1992 | | Crossroads: The Right Direction for Florida |
| February 2009 | | Florida’s Fiscal Crisis: The Prescription | Thanks to the Florida Center
for Fiscal & Economic Policy |
| March 2009 | | Florida’s Fiscal Crisis – An Update |
| March 2009 | | A Closer Look at Sales and Use Tax |
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| 02/17/10 | | Health Rankings Rate Central Florida Counties | Orlando Sentinel
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| | | ProPublica Recovery Tracker | Click on the link to compare unemployment and per capita spending among counties.
Click on your county to find projects in your area.
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| 08/30/09 | | Florida House Democratic Caucus & Florida's Economy, 07-09
| Difficult times like these require historic levels of cooperation – bipartisan cooperation.
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| 07/24/09 | | America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
The Health Care Reform Legislation | Text of H.R.3200, as Introduced in the US House of Representatives -- To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
(NOTE: Loads very slowly; very large web site page.)
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| 07/08/09 | | TALKING POINTS ON NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM | Florida House Democrats support health care reform legislation this year that protects what works about health care and fixes what’s broken.
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| 07/24/09 | | Searching for a Better Medicaid for Florida
(YouTube Video)
| A video presentation of Florida CHAIN on how to redesign Florida's Medicaid program to better serve the needs of the state's residents.
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| 06/17/2009 | | Senior FactSheet
| The department’s purpose also includes combating ageism, creating public awareness and understanding the contributions and needs of elders, advocating on behalf of elders, serving as an information clearinghouse, and preparing our communities for retirement.
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| 05/07/2009 | | FY2009-10 Budget -- A Florida House Democratic Caucus Perspective | Though modestly less onerous than a state budget passed in April by House Republicans, the $66.5 billion agreement raises taxes, fees and university tuition; drains trust funds; relies on federal economic recovery monies; cuts state employee salaries; trims vital programs; and fails to end inequities in the tax structure.
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| 04/24/2009 | | Offshore Oil | The image in the attached file is a map of existing drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The broken green line provides an indicator of where House Bill 1219 proposes to allow drilling rigs.
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| 04/23/2009 | | FACT SHEET on Minority Vote Suppression Under Republican Elections Legislation | Representative Joe Gibbons (D-Pembroke Park) and Representative Luis Garcia (D-Miami) issued the following fact sheet today about House PCB-EDCA 09-08, a Republican-sponsored measure to suppress the minority vote in Florida.
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| 04/15/2009 | | Tough Choices Update 2009 | This report addresses jobs, Medicaid and goes heavily into education, including class size.
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| 04/06/2009 | | Letter from Leader Sands to Speaker Cretul Regarding Renewable Green Energy 4-6-09 | Florida’s Republican Leadership has been unable to make any substantive decisions on what to do, how to do it, and when it should be done.
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| 04/01/2009 | | House Republican Middle Class Tax Hike | Acrobat Reader Version of a MS Excel Spreadsheet.
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| 03/27/2009 | | Resource Guide to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Bill Nelson
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| 03/23/2009 | | House Democratic Caucus Membership Directory
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| 03/17/2009 | | RON KLEIN RECOVERY ACT HANDBOOK VOL 1 | The manual includes information about available grants in the fields of transportation and infrastructure, renewable energy, education, housing and much more.
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| 03/17/2009 | | RON KLEIN RECOVERY ACT TAX PROVISION VOL 2 | This volume focuses on tax relief, and provides detailed lists of credits and rebates that may be available to you. |
| 03/17/2009 | | ˇBienvenidos!
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| 03/11/2009 | | The Full State Report Card on Child Homeless in America | America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness describes the plight of America’s homeless children.
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| 03/06/2009 | | Florida’s January Employment Figures Released | Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January 2009 is 8.6 percent. This represents 800,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,256,000.
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| 03/04/2009 | | Initial Recommendations for Maximizing Federal Funding for the State of Florida
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| 02/16/2009 | | Summary Federal Stimulus | The Florida Section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. |
