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A sorry model for governing
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/09/sorry-model-governingA sorry model for governing
The Virginian-Pilot
© September 18, 2014
When the law requires action, Virginians of both parties can negotiate and compromise for the betterment of the commonwealth.
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Lawmakers are also likely to provide evidence that the budget deal was an aberration in a state capital rent by petty partisanship. They'll likely show that it is misplaced optimism to expect Virginia's political leaders to conduct themselves any more responsibly than their counterparts in Washington.
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The budget that the legislature and the governor agreed to this summer - after House Republicans waged a divisive and unseemly fight over extending health insurance coverage to poor Virginians - became a looming fiscal disaster by September.
The biennial state budget appeared to be $2.4 billion out of balance thanks to the federal budget cuts known as the sequester.