The Virginia General Assembly handed Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) a few minor wins Friday, but his own party nixed one of his major proposals.
Youngkin’s own party resisted one of his proposals, with the Republican-controlled House of Delegates choosing not to act on a budget amendment that would have created a felony for demonstrating at the home of a judge with the intent to intimidate.House and Senate negotiators had agreed on a $165 billion, two-year state spending plan on June 1, using a surplus of revenue to fund both tax cuts and major increases in spending, including raises for teachers and state employees.
Democrats blasted Youngkin’s effort to “legislate by budget,” saying the new governor was trying to bypass the legislature’s usual careful review of changes to the criminal code. “It’s the kind of thing that, we spoke to the governor about maybe sending down a bill … and allowing it to go through a more natural process” of consideration by committee, Gilbert said.
The Senate also decided to “pass by,” or not vote on, an amendment that would have directed the University of Virginia to create a program on the Constitution and democracy, and another that would have directed $1.6 million to the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University to study K-12 educational issues.
The Republican-controlled House passed all of Youngkin’s amendments, apart from two related to the new felony proposal. House Democrats put up a fight almost every step of the way, most of them hammering on a theme that Youngkin “just doesn’t get it.”
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