Budget standoff derails session

BY LLOYD DUNKELBERGER AND GARY FINEOUT
SUN TALLAHASSEE BUREAU

ALLAHASSEE - The 2003 session of the Florida Legislature collapsed Tuesday, as lawmakers quit work on their $53 billion budget and threatened to leave most other major issues unresolved.

The blowup came when Senate President Jim King, R-Jacksonville, announced shortly after 5 p.m. that the Senate was halting its contentious budget negotiations with the House, saying the two chambers were hopelessly deadlocked.

“It’s just not working out and I’m concerned it will only get worse and not better,” King said…{{link http://gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=GS&Date=20030430&Category=LOCAL&ArtNo=204300340&Ref=AR/ MORE}}

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