Virginia lawmakers recess special session without a budget deal

By: Markus Schmidt, Shannon Heckt, Charlotte Rene Woods

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 1,641

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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The Virginia General Assembly convened for a special session Thursday to finalize the state’s $212 billion budget, but recessed after just a few hours without a deal, underscoring deep divisions within the Democratic majorities and leaving the spending plan unresolved.

After a brief floor session, lawmakers left Richmond and returned to their districts, with no clear timeline for when negotiations might produce a compromise on the two-year spending plan.

At the center of the impasse …

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