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General Assembly poised to pass state budget
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/06/general-assembly-likely-pass-budget-minus-medicaidGeneral Assembly poised to pass state budget
By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
© June 12, 2014
RICHMOND
The General Assembly appears poised to finally pass a state budget today - three months late and just in time to avert a government shutdown.
Thanks in large part to a sudden shift to Republican control in the Senate, the spending plan is unlikely to include Gov. Terry McAuliffe's top priority, Medicaid expansion.
The Democratic governor has lobbied hard to expand the federal/state health insurance program for low-income Virginians, a key component of the federal health care overhaul that was left as an option to the states.
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The landscape changed abruptly over the weekend with the surprise resignation of Sen. Phillip Puckett, D-Russell County, handing Republicans a 20-19 majority in the upper chamber.
