We are a few weeks removed from the November general election, and while most races were determined that night, there was a handful that took a few days to figure out, you may have heard of them, but here's the reality: most of those newly-elected lawmakers aren't actually in office yet.
In fact, members of Congress aren't sworn in until January. What does that mean for sitting lawmakers? Is this a time to push last-minute agendas? Or is it a period of phoning it in?
We turn to our resident expert-in-knowledge-of-all-things-political, former State Representative Dick Batchelor, to discuss on this week's "Central Florida: Beyond the Soundbite."
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Political figures and influencers are often heard in brief bites that don't capture the context of the whole story. "Central Florida: Beyond the Soundbite" expands the conversation with these newsmakers along the I-4 corridor and beyond. Join award-winning Spectrum News 13 anchor and Orlando Woman of the Year Ybeth Bruzual, political reporter Greg Angel, and veteran producer Gary Darling for a must-hear interview each week and learn about the issues affecting Central Florida.