{"id":2216267,"date":"2024-04-09T08:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-nixes-full-budget-veto-offers-200-amendment-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:38:34","slug":"youngkin-nixes-full-budget-veto-offers-200-amendment-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-nixes-full-budget-veto-offers-200-amendment-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin skips full budget veto, proposes 200 budget amendment suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoungkin-nixes-full-budget-veto-offers-200-amendment-recommendations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin \u200caddressed rumors of a full-budget veto in a speech titled &#8220;Common Ground\u2062 for the Commonwealth.&#8221; Instead, he proposed over 200 budget amendments for review by the General Assembly. Youngkin emphasized a collaborative approach for both Republicans and Democrats in achieving shared priorities. His initial tax reform package was modified by the Assembly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-nation-recovers-from-record-high-gas-prices-biden-moves-to-yank-tax-breaks-from-oil-industry\/\" title=\"As Nation Recovers From Record-High Gas Prices, Biden Moves To Yank Tax Breaks From Oil Industry\">remove tax breaks<\/a> and include substantial tax hikes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square)\u00a0\u2014 In a speech Monday entitled \u201cCommon Ground for the Commonwealth,\u201d Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin laid to rest rumors of a full-budget veto.<\/p>\n<p>The governor instead delivered a budget that will return to the General Assembly with more than 200 amendment recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The governor presented the budget as a \u201cboth-and opportunity\u201d \u2014 a refrain he\u2019s used before \u2014 where Republicans and Democrats can see their priorities met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI constantly want to remind us that this pursuit of both-and opportunities consistently presents itself when we search for it,\u201d Youngkin said. \u201cFriends, this is a budget that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-turkeys-future-in-nato-an-asset-or-liability\/\" title=\"Is Turkey\u2019s Future in NATO an Asset or Liability?\">finds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-un-pick-urges-continued-u-s-presence-in-chinese-led-panels\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s UN pick urges continued U.S. presence in Chinese-led panels\">common ground<\/a><\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Youngkin\u2019s initial budget proposal included a tax reform package that would have raised the state sales and use tax and begin taxing individuals\u2019 digital data services like streaming services, downloads and data storage. But it also would have lowered income taxes by 12% for all Virginians and enhanced a tax credit offered to low-income Virginians.<\/p>\n<p>The amended budget from the General Assembly eliminated Youngkin\u2019s tax breaks but retained hefty tax increases.<\/p>\n<p>With this latest version, Youngkin conceded his tax cuts but also eliminated the increases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that this package of amendments that we\u2019re presenting today can\u2026 get us there on time, with a budget that is clean, without tax increases and \u2014 yes, a bit frustrating to me \u2014 no tax decreases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The budget facilitates $64 billion of state spending over fiscal years 2025 and 2026, including a \u201crecord investment\u201d in K-12 education of $21.2 billion \u2014 $5.5 billion more than was included in the biennial budget \u201ctwo times ago,\u201d according to the governor. This includes 3% teacher pay raises each year.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also highlighted an increase in higher education funding of $1 billion, coupled with a \u201ccommitment to keep tuition increases at no more than 3% the next two years\u201d; a $3.2 billion increase in health and human resources funding; full funding of Virginia\u2019s share of Metro\u2019s operating shortfall; and toll relief for Hampton Roads and additional funding for I-81.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Haner, a senior fellow for state and local tax policy at Virginia think tank the Thomas Jefferson Institute, thinks Democrats should be thrilled with the governor\u2019s compromises in the \u201cCommon Ground\u201d budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody serious about Virginia governance should be supporting the adoption of this package of amendments,\u201d Haner said in an email newsletter after the speech, claiming the budget \u201cgives Virginia\u2019s Democratic legislators most of the spending they were initially demanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, posted negatively about the presentation Monday afternoon on social media platform X, indicating state Democrats may not feel that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn January, Secretary Cummings gave the SFAC (Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee) a presentation laden with economic red flags for the future \u2013 2 months later when the Gov needs it, everything is sunshine &#038; rainbows,\u201d Surovell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Surovell is not a member of the budget conference committee, but he is the majority leader of the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin dismissed speculation of a complete budget veto in his speech &#8220;Common Ground for the Commonwealth&#8221; on Monday. He introduced a budget with over 200 amendment suggestions for the General Assembly. Describing it as a &#8220;both-and opportunity,&#8221; the governor aims for collaborative fiscal decisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3037,"featured_media":2216268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24046668995938-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24046668995938-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3037"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}