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21.05.12 As the final hours of the annual legislative session dwindled, Gov. Rick Scott sat at his desk eating a sandwich. Next to him was a list of lawmakers to call and talk to about auto insurance.

While others in the Capitol were predicting defeat for one of Scott's top three priorities - a bill to help lower the cost of personal injury protection required in auto insurance policies and to reduce fraudulent claims - the governor looked up from his lunch and predicted success.

"We'll get a PIP bill," he said with confidence. "You're going to vote against a bill that's going to crack down on that fraud? Give me a break. This is not a Republican or Democratic issue."

And when the bill narrowly passed in the Senate later that night, it wrapped up a very good legislative session for the governor. Just a year ago, Scott came to Tallahassee as an outsider and at first appeared to awkwardly wade into the annual lawmaking process. This year Scott had a less ambitious, more narrowly focused agenda and pretty much got everything he wanted.

Source: MiamiHerald.com