The budget deal is done, and legislators have left Richmond for the time being, waiting on Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to summon them back to tackle transportation for the second year in a row.
But the final compromise has generated some serious discontent on the GOP side of the aisle. Find various levels of upset at Black Velvet Bruce Li, Bearing Drift and the Virginia Conservative Action PAC, among others.
Ben Tribbett, better known as Not Larry Sabato, has a rather bruising analysis here.
GOPers who swing by the Cheap Seats for cheap libations and even cheaper gossip tell me that there was a good deal of distaste for the conference report in the Republican Caucus, despite the 99-0 vote the deal got on the floor, despite the fact that it accomplished the long-standing Republican goal of holding spending down below the combined rates of inflation and population growth.
But the final compromise has generated some serious discontent on the GOP side of the aisle. Find various levels of upset at Black Velvet Bruce Li, Bearing Drift and the Virginia Conservative Action PAC, among others.
Ben Tribbett, better known as Not Larry Sabato, has a rather bruising analysis here.
GOPers who swing by the Cheap Seats for cheap libations and even cheaper gossip tell me that there was a good deal of distaste for the conference report in the Republican Caucus, despite the 99-0 vote the deal got on the floor, despite the fact that it accomplished the long-standing Republican goal of holding spending down below the combined rates of inflation and population growth.
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