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House, Senate pass new budget-- House argues over transportation

March 13, 2008 | Virginia News

The General Assembly passed its $77 billion state government spending plan for the next two years Thursday night, then adjourned five days late.

The austere new budget, tempered by a projected $2 billion revenue shortfall through mid-2010, contains cuts both to state operations and state support for local government, particularly law enforcement.

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