Bill Carrico on the Special Session

Ouch. Ouch. Virginia has 100 Delegates and 40 State Senators, and in its little virtual way this web site sends empathy hugs to all 140 of them. The regular legislative session was long and acrimonious--and it's not over. They've been reconvened for more partisan political bickering. If anyone Out There is represented by a Democrat, please notify that person that you don't want any handout funding no matter how well you may "qualify" for it, that Auntie Ginny can't afford to be a bigger spender than Uncle Sam can, and that your Democrat should admit that our Republicans are willing to disburse too much, already, just for the sake of peace, and getting out of Richmond before the weather gets any worse there...

From Virginia Senator "Bill" Carrico, R-40:

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The Virginia General Assembly will reconvene in Richmond on Wednesday, April 11 for a Special Session. The Governor declared this Special Session in hopes that it would provide the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate an opportunity to resolve their budget disputes and present a unified fiscal plan.

Since the General Assembly could not reach a resolution and present a unified budget to the Governor prior to Sine Die (the end of the regular 2018 Session), the Governor will be introducing a wholly new budget as a starting point. This new budget largely mirrors the one introduced earlier this year by our previous Governor Terry McAulliffe, and includes provisions to expand Medicaid in Virginia.

The General Assembly will also meet Thursday, April 18 for a Reconvene Session, commonly referred to as a "Veto Session." After a bill passes through both chambers of the General Assembly, the Governor then has up to 30 days to either: (1) sign the bill in-whole into law, (2) veto the bill in-whole, or (3) to offer line-item amendments to the bill.

As such, if the Governor does anything less than sign the bill in-whole into law, the bill returns to the General Assembly, where the legislature may either (i) approve the Governor's chosen course of action, (ii) or override the Governor's actions with a 2/3 majority vote.

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