After the Florida Legislature failed to come to terms on a state budget during the annual 60 day legislative session, lawmakers will now go into overtime (extended session) to try to get the task done.

"Chair Hooper and I are continuing to work with our House partners to finalize joint allocations needed to complete our work on the budget as expeditiously and responsibly as possible. For your planning purposes, we do not expect to begin conference next week (May 12-16, 2025). As soon as we determine a date to start the budget conference, we will certainly let you know..."

There you have it.

Secretary Marco Rubio : Over the past 48 hours, @VP Vance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Asim Malik.

I am pleased to announce the Governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site.

We commend Prime Ministers Modi and Sharif on their wisdom, prudence, and statesmanship in choosing the path of peace.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz : While Trump tries to strip legal status from Venezuelan, Cuban and Haitian immigrants fleeing corruption and violence for the American dream, he lets privileged South Africans jump the line.

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