Post by Logan on Feb 15, 2016 3:33:10 GMT -6
RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers have a term to describe when everyone is agreement. They call it “peace in the valley.”
But so far, the 2016 edition of the General Assembly has been anything but peaceful.
Perhaps it’s the aftermath of a costly, often contentious legislative election that injected new blood into the ranks and fostered new ambitions for higher office.
Or perhaps the prospect of Virginia as a partisan presidential battleground has intensified the stakes for both parties — one of which controls the legislature, the other the executive branch.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/general-assembly-still-contentious-halfway-through-session/article_2aa9063d-84a5-5a72-8107-21af456a6a0a.html
But so far, the 2016 edition of the General Assembly has been anything but peaceful.
Perhaps it’s the aftermath of a costly, often contentious legislative election that injected new blood into the ranks and fostered new ambitions for higher office.
Or perhaps the prospect of Virginia as a partisan presidential battleground has intensified the stakes for both parties — one of which controls the legislature, the other the executive branch.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/general-assembly-still-contentious-halfway-through-session/article_2aa9063d-84a5-5a72-8107-21af456a6a0a.html