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The Virginia House and Senate took sharply different paths Tuesday on immigration, tax increases and payday lending reform, setting up what could be a bitter fight over some of the year's most controversial issues.
Tuesday, the midpoint of the legislative session, was the deadline for each chamber to finish work on its own legislation, leading to action on a flurry of bills. The differences were evident as a committee in the Democratic-led Senate approved legislation to allow the state to sell $2.6 billion in construction bonds to build or improve dozens of colleges, parks and medical buildings. The Republican-led House passed a more modest version of the bond proposal that would allow the state to borrow closer to $1.8 billion.
Delegates and senators are likely to haggle over the legislation before it reaches Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who has said approval of a large bond package is one of his priorities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202559.html
Tuesday, the midpoint of the legislative session, was the deadline for each chamber to finish work on its own legislation, leading to action on a flurry of bills. The differences were evident as a committee in the Democratic-led Senate approved legislation to allow the state to sell $2.6 billion in construction bonds to build or improve dozens of colleges, parks and medical buildings. The Republican-led House passed a more modest version of the bond proposal that would allow the state to borrow closer to $1.8 billion.
Delegates and senators are likely to haggle over the legislation before it reaches Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who has said approval of a large bond package is one of his priorities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202559.html
