This veto session has the potential to be unlike any other in recent memory

If the Governor wanted to write bills, he should have run to serve in the General Assembly,” Surovell said.

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Surovell talks budget amendments

Speculation is rampid that Democrats will vote down a large chunk of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s budget amendments. One rumor circulating, at least in Republican circles, is that Democrats plan to veto all 233 amendments on a technicality.

That is not likely to happen, sources tell Virginia Scope.