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Democrats file resolution to expand special session
Democratic members of the General Assembly are expanding the scope of a special session already underway to address the federal workforce and spending cuts that impact the commonwealth.
“I believe absolutely we're going to have to come back,” Speaker of the House Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, said during a press gaggle when asked by the Richmond Times Dispatch Friday morning.
The governor can call the General Assembly into a special session, or a supermajority in both chambers can do it, but neither of those options is likely as Republicans do not want to give Democrats a platform to attack President Donald Trump.
However, there is already an active special session from last year to address changes to VMSDEP, and Democrats can just change the scope of the work moving forward.
The House announced that on Saturday, they will gavel into the special session at 2 p.m., add the new langauge to expand the scope of the special session, and then gavel out.
