The plot thickens: Conservative agenda in Florida is stymied...for now.

It turns out that it is a good idea when Republicans do nothing.

Legislative battle of wills means few bills passing

With just one week left in the legislative session, these bills appear to be dead: Guns in schools and on college campuses, allowing adoption agencies the right to turn away gay couples, limiting which bathrooms transgenders can use..

The Florida Senate killed all of them – and is moving forward with a Medicaid expansion plan that is detested in the House, where any such plan, even a free-market-driven one like the Senate's, smells like Obamacare.

The Senate is as overwhelmingly Republican as the Florida House, and yet it has become the place where conservative bills go to die. The Senate has been a moderating influence on the House for several years now, but as Democrats lose power in both bodies, the Senate's role is accelerating.

"Only in recent years have the Democrats become so marginalized that they're not relevant to the legislative process. Because of that, you're seeing some of the more moderate Republicans step in and become the opposition," said Kevin Wagner, a Florida Atlantic University political science professor who specializes in Florida politics.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-senate-conservative-bills-dead-20150423-story.html