RSSVa. House, Senate reach budget deal
From: The Washington Times | March 14, 2010
RICHMOND -- Legislative budget negotiators finally came to terms on a new bare-bones budget for the cash-strapped state government early Sunday. The two sides shook hands on a $70 billion two-year austerity spending plan around 1 a.m. It includes the most dramatic cuts to state services and programs in modern Virginia. The full House and Senate were expected to take up the budget in a final vote before adjournment late Sunday afternoon, one day behind schedule. That left sleep-starved legislative staffers to toil around the clock to double-check, proof and print the new budget on a night already shortened by ...
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