Florida Democratic Senate and House leadership held a press conference this morning to denounce the way in which Republican leadership, especially in the House, has concentrated on cutting state government, ignoring looking at ways to increase revenue.

They said that tax cuts during the Bush years nearly equals the increased burden of homeowners to shoulder more of the burden to fund education spending through the required local effort. They want to target sales tax exemptions and make non-Florida headquartered companies pay more in state taxes.

They also want to raid the rainy day fund to offset losses in health and education spending.

"It's called rainy day, rainy day, well it's storming, and I say it's time we tap into that," said Rep. Joyce Cusak, D-DeLand.