RICHMOND, Va. – The General Assembly session ended on schedule Saturday night. During the 60-day session, the General Assembly dealt with more than 2,800 bills and resolutions.
A final state budget has yet to be adopted as Senate Democrats have taken the budget hostage in a dispute over committee assignments; because of this the General Assembly immediately called itself into special session to continue work on passage of a final budget. “I am extremely disappointed that the Senate Democrats would hold the budget hostage for partisan political reasons,” said Delegate Mark Cole, R-88. “They are behaving like their counterparts in Washington by refusing to pass a budget. The longer they delay the more difficult it will be localities and schools to plan their budgets for next year, and transportation projects may have to be postponed.”
