VA Senate and the Booby Trapped Budget

Well, let's see if I've got this right.

Led by RINO Moderate Republicans, the Virginia Senate has coughed up presented its booby trapped version of a hairball biennial budget, dropping it with all the aplomb of a sick cat dignity they could muster on the House floor.

If the following report from Larry O'Dell at the RTD is accurate I would heartily recommend the House not bend over and pick it up.

The Senate bill, which passed 24-8, includes a one-time expenditure of $339 million for transportation _ but there is a catch. The money will be spent on roads and rail projects only if the General Assembly passes a statewide transportation plan that includes tax increases by Nov. 1. Otherwise, the money will go to the school construction fund and other capital projects.

Sen. John H. Chichester, R-Stafford and chairman of the Finance Committee, said it's now up to the House to decide whether Virginia will have a meaningful transportation plan.

"We've done all we're going to do on it," he said after the committee sent the bill to the Senate floor.

Hat tip to P8riot at Free Republic.