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"path": "/2026/02/11/florida-senate-votes-to-keep-paying-for-emergency-fund-despite-overspending-concerns/",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-11T21:17:07.000Z",
"site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
"tags": [
"FL Legislature 2026",
"Florida government",
"Immigration",
"Politics & Law",
"appropriations chair",
"Carlos Guillermo Smith",
"Ed Hooper",
"emergency fund",
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"textContent": "The Florida Senate voted Wednesday to continue paying into a state emergency fund despite concerns that officials have racked up a $573 million immigration tab on the taxpayer dime without legislative knowledge. The DeSantis administration has spent $405 million from that fund in six months, thousands of which went to private jet flights and restaurant […]",
"title": "Florida Senate votes to keep paying for emergency fund despite overspending concerns"
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