Is Gov. McDonnell Fighting For A Transportation Bill He Hasn't Seen Yet?
Willie Deutsch has made an interesting discovery concerning the HB2313, the transportation bill that has caused quite a bit of uproar among Virginians and within the Republican Party in particular.
Gov. Bob McDonnell was discussing the bill on WRVA’s Ask The Governor last Thursday, February 28th:
“I’m still conducting a legal and constitutional and review of the bill. We haven’t even gotten the bill yet. It’s over 100 pages.” (14 min mark)
“It is 100 pages. It will undergo review, legal review and constitutional review by the attorney general’s office, policy review by my office. …It’s only been five days since the session is over. We just got it. We’ve gotten over 900 bills to review.” (23 min mark)
Read the whole post to see Willie taking Gov. McDonnell to task. While Gov. McDonnell may know of some elements within the bill that he embraces, it’s hard to accept going whole hog for something that hasn’t even crossed his desk yet.
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