All but one Republican failed last Session, in progressive organizations' view
Only one Republican received a passing grade — just barely — in an annual ranking of state lawmakers’ votes released Wednesday according to the “People First Report Card” from Progress Florida and Florida Watch.
Now term-limited Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg was given a “D” and the rest of the Legislature’s 99 Republicans that were rated flunked according to the rankings that are based on 33 votes in the House and 31 in the Senate.
Meanwhile, all but six of the Legislature’s Democrats hit the honor roll, receiving As or Bs, according to the progressive view of the raters.
“We applaud the legislators who put ‘People First’, despite pressure from powerful special interests,” M...
