democrats largely support medicaid expansion or the virginia alternative to medicaid expansion through the affordable care act. republicans primarily and by and large are against the medicaid expansion. the hold up has been both partisans on both sides insisting, one saying medicaid expansion should not be in the budget and the other side democrats say it should be in the budget. with the departure of senator puckett the end result is there is movement forward with the budget out of the rubble of the fallout has been that there was movement today on the budget and it appears the budget deal po potentially would be one without medicaid expansion in it. the republicans are able, now they are in control, to call the senate in to session and move at any speed they want to in terms of getting that budget done. am i right about that? they are back in the driver s seat at this point? republicans have gotten together. the procedural rules in virginia allow nine senators to call the