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Democrats and Republicans emphasized bipartisanship and working across the aisle after the election, in press conferences and throughout the legislative session, but the sentiment seemed to fizzle by the end.
Session starts with call for handshake, ends with pointed fingers.
Democrats and Republicans emphasized bipartisanship and working across the aisle after the election, in press conferences and throughout the legislative session, but the sentiment seemed to fizzle by the end.
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 o...
RICHMOND, Virginia — The General Assembly came to a close Saturday after a 60-day legislative session that saw Democrats use their new majority in both chambers to progress more than