Florida House and Senate at odds with each other and DeSantis over budget plans

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By Christine Sexton

Florida Phoenix

The Tallahassee money games have begun.

The Florida House and Senate have released dueling state budget plans that are about $1 billion apart, with the House proposing to spend $113.6 billion and the Senate $115 billion between July 1 this year and June 30, 2027.

Neither the House nor the Senate budget meets the $117.4 bi…