Virginia Senate finally passes state budget
A deeply divided Senate, after four tense hours of partisan debate, finally passed its version of a state budget on a 22-18 vote.
The Senate passed yesterday a substitute $102-million budget bill that the House could end up rejecting today if they disagree with the changes that include cutting the funds of the Legislature and the Executive Branch by over $2 million and moving them to the Public School System, the Northern Marianas College, Rota, Tinian, and other programs.