#Sayfie Snapshot - December 14, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics

Hot Click

Proposed changes to divorce laws gain strength and opposition by Lloyd Dunkelberger of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Twitter Trending

@RepGwenGraham: VIDEO: Coverage of our fight to end rural poverty in North Florida. #sayfie https://t.co/rHVSV1CheP.

Quotable

“What happens is they catch stadiums...in the final 48 hours, the Senate president usually gets involved. As long as they don’t catch stadiums, they can become must pass bills.”

- State Sen. Jeff Brandes, referring to key legislation for the Department of Transportation this upcoming session. The legislation was killed in 2013 after language was added that would have helped the Miami Dolphins get taxpayer-funded stadium incentives.

Statworthy

15,000. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson recently introduced legislation to cut the number of H-1B visas available by 15,000. Nelson became involved with the issue earlier this year, after it was reported that recently-laid off Walt Disney World employees had been replaced by foreign workers using the H-1B visa program.