Virginia budget caught in crossfire by Youngkin, legislators : vimarsana.com

It's not unusual for Gov. Glenn Youngkin to attend Republican caucus meetings in the General Assembly, but the governor went further on the final day of the legislative session to personally lobby Republican legislators to vote against the budget bills pending before the legislature that afternoon.

Youngkin's unusual gesture did not go over well with the Democrats who control both chambers of the assembly, especially Senate Finance Chair Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, and House Appropriations Chairman Luke Torian, D-Prince William, already locked in a power struggle with the Republican governor over tax policy and the $2 billion sports complex in Alexandria that he has made his top priority.

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