This is Something to Think About 01.09.24 “The 2024 60-Day Florida Regular Session Begins”

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“The 2024 60-Day Florida Regular Session Begins”

 Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Governor DeSantis is back in Florida today as the Florida Legislature begins the 60-day 2024 regular legislative session. A hallmark of day one is the Governor’s State of the State Address to a joint session of the legislature.

The Florida Constitution only requires one item to be completed each annual session: an yearly budget. And unlike the runaway deficit spending of the President and the U. S. Congress, our state constitution requires an annual balanced budget.

As last year, the Republicans are in complete control. They have control over the Governor’s office, the Cabinet posts, the House Speaker and Senate President, and a supermajority in both the Florida House and Senate.

That means Republicans can pass whatever they wish to pass; Democrats are powerless to stop them.

I’ll keep you posted on the Republican game plan.

Bill Bunkley is an 18-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 28 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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