The super committee’s failure has a lot of lawmakers both in Washington and here locally engaging in the blame game.

(WOKV's Jamie Dupree - Super Committee - What's next?)

The emotions after the announcement that talks had ended ranged from anger to disappoint.  We got reaction from the Florida Republican Party Chair who told us the gridlock in Washington has to end.  “Right now it’s about jobs, families are hurting, we’re spending too much money,” says Lenny Curry,  “I just hope they find a way to find real solutions in Washington.”

When we talked to Mayor Alvin Brown about the lack of a deal he told us he wants to manage the money locally.  Rather than send money to Washington and have them not know what to do he says he would make the right investments.

“Send the money to Jacksonville and I’ll with the military, I’ll work on the port, I’d have money for small business and entrepreneurship, I’ll make sure we invest on our roads and bridges,” says Mayor Brown.

“I’d put people back to work,” is what Mayor Brown told us, something Governor Rick Scott echoed in a statement from him.  He wants Congress and the president to look to the states for budget savings.  Governor Scott wants the states to have some more control of your taxpayer dollars here locally.

As for what’s next, it’ll be the automatic spending cuts for fiscal year 2013.  You’ll see $600 billion cut in defense spending, and then another $600 billion in non-defense spending.

*Below are statements from local lawmakers following the announcment that the "super committee" failed to reach an agreement.

Governor Rick Scott

"It is unfortunate that after months of debate the congressional "super committee" charged with finding $1.2 trillion in budget savings failed to make the difficult choices needed to begin fixing our nation's out of control debt. This news, coupled with the recent failure of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a federal balanced budget amendment, should cause all Americans to be concerned about the direction our country is heading. As a new grandfather, I am deeply disturbed by the $15 trillion bill we will leave behind for our grandchildren if nothing is done to curb spending in Washington. Congress and the President need only look to the states to find ways to get spending under control in order to help create opportunities for jobs and economic growth for all Americans and generations to come."

Senator Marco Rubio:

"The Super Committee was a flawed idea from the start and, while I give credit to several of its members for making a good faith effort, its fate was sealed by the President's failure to put forward a plan to cut spending and his unbreakable obsession with raising taxes on job creators.

"The consequences of this Washington-style leadership failure are not only a missed opportunity to reign in our debt, but also a step toward devastating cuts to our national security efforts. In sum, this threatens to leave us with a diminished economy, a less secure future and on track for our own Greece and Italy-like day of reckoning.

"We need to cut spending and save entitlements without enacting job-killing tax hikes that would hurt our economy. Until the American people rid Washington of politicians who are addicted to spending and intolerant of fundamental spending reforms, our job creators won't have the confidence to go out and do what they do best, and our people will continue to suffer."

Congressman Corrine Brown:

"I am not surprised or disappointed at the inability of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to develop bi-partisan solutions to our long term fiscal challenges. I never supported the supercommittee and didn't vote for it because I prefer Members do the job we were sent here to do under the regular order of business. The Constitution does not provide for any supercommittees.

"I also disagree with the supercommittee's priorities. We did not get into this mess overnight and it was unrealistic to believe that a small group could or even should fix a decade long problem in few weeks, especially when Republicans refused to raise net revenues. The last time Congress balanced the budget, we did it with a combination of tax increases and spending cuts. As a result, when President Clinton left office, we were operating with a surplus. But then we spent eight years living off the George W. Bush credit card, leaving us with a deficit of $1.2 trillion the day President Obama was sworn in. Last month, the Treasury Department reported a budget deficit of $1.3 trillion for fiscal year 2011, almost identical to the deficit for 2010.

"Why rush to fix a problem that is not getting worse when we have more important tasks at hand? Austerity does not put people to work. Everyone agrees what we need to do now is grow the economy though investments in infrastructure, education and clean energy and extended unemployment benefits. These are our priorities. I am relieved the supercommittee did not slash Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare as was widely expected. Thankfully, all of these programs are protected from the automatic cuts that will start in 2013. If anything, the failure of the supercommittee is a victory for the safety net so many Americans are relying on in these difficult times. Now, Congress needs to get to work."

Congressman John Mica:

"While the failure of the Super Committee is a significant setback, Congress must now act to ensure that our nation's finances are secured and that a modified plan of sequestration is enacted that does not reduce our military capability or adversely affect our seniors or veterans."

Congressman Ander Crenshaw:

"I am disappointed that the process I supported a few months ago was unable to generate the results we all hoped for. Despite the Committee's inability to develop a bipartisan agreement, I remain as committed as ever to working with my colleagues to end our nation's fiscal crisis, strengthen our economy, and put Americans back to work."

"In addition to spending cuts and entitlement reform, we can achieve significant revenue increases through pro-growth tax reforms, closing loopholes, and lowering rates. All of these solutions and ideas must now be vetted by the normal committee process in Congress."

"While I would have preferred that the process worked as intended, I remain completely dedicated to finding a solution to America's massive debt problem and pledge to work to reduce the deficit by the $1.2 trillion."