Budget Sunday

February 22, 2026

In a very quick look at the reports from both the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, I was able to identify more than $364M GF dollars committed to plugging holes in the Virginia budget left by cancellation of funding or changes in the “rules”  by the Federal Government – and this is just in the HHR budget!   So much of the pressure on the General Assembly is in direct response to what is being done in Washington!   


The table linked here is a quick (and limited) overview – the Committee Approved Amendments are not posted yet – so a bit of this is guess work and a bit is intuition!  We’ll have more tomorrow!   


This post will not put a huge smile on your face, but USA is bringing home another Gold Medal for Men’s Hockey – not quite as much of a “miracle” as 1980, but still pretty good and the first one since 1980!