{"id":2216417,"date":"2024-04-09T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-pitches-no-tax-cuts-for-proposed-budget-amendments\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:14:04","slug":"youngkin-pitches-no-tax-cuts-for-proposed-budget-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-pitches-no-tax-cuts-for-proposed-budget-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin proposes budget amendments without tax cuts"},"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\">14<\/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-pitches-no-tax-cuts-for-proposed-budget-amendments%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=2216417&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 (R-VA) revealed his proposed budget \u2063amendments, choosing to \u2063exclude tax\u2062 cuts previously removed by Democrats. Dubbed the \u201ccommon ground budget,\u201d \u2063Youngkin presented it at an\u2063 event before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-teaching-kids-how-to-shoot-could-be-criminal-with-new-mexico-dems-bill-gun-group-warns\/\" title=\"Parents Teaching Kids How To Shoot Could Be Criminal With New Mexico Dem\u2019s Bill, Gun Group Warns\">upcoming legislative session<\/a>,\u200b introducing 242\u2063 amendments to the Democratic-approved budget. Detailed information on the amendments is yet to be \u200ddisclosed. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) unveiled \u2063his proposed budget \u200damendments, opting \u200dnot to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-democrats-seek-625-billion-tax-cut-for-wealthy-coastal-elites\/\" title=\"Joe Biden, Democrats Seek 5 Billion Tax Cut for Wealthy Coastal Elites\">include tax cuts<\/a> that Democrats had eliminated. He named his proposal the \u201ccommon ground budget\u201d and \u200bshowcased it at an event\u200b before the\u200c upcoming legislative session. Youngkin introduced 242 \u2064amendments\u2064 to the \u200cbudget \u200dapproved by the\u2062 Democratic-controlled legislature,\u200d with specifics on the amendments pending disclosure.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) announced his proposed amendments to the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin\">budget<\/a>, agreeing to not include tax cuts after Democrats in the legislature slashed them in their budget proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin titled his proposal the \u201ccommon ground budget\u201d and touted it at an event on Monday, ahead of the legislature\u2019s reconvened session next week. He proposed 242 amendments to the budget passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature but did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-kodak-black-arrested-on-trespassing-charge-in-florida\/\" title=\"Rapper Kodak Black Arrested on Trespassing Charge in Florida\">immediately release details<\/a> on the amendments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Common Ground Budget is clean \u2014 without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-spokesman-celebrates-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-plan-erases-ny-budget-deficit\/\" title=\"Schumer Spokesman Celebrates: .9 Trillion COVID Relief Plan Erases NY Budget Deficit\">tax increases<\/a> or decreases \u2014 it\u2019s structurally balanced, fulfills our constitutional requirements, invests in our collective priorities and keeps Virginia forging ahead on a winning path. The Commonwealth\u2019s financially robust and sustainable position enables us to invest in our collective priorities without further burdening taxpayers,\u201d Youngkin said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Common Ground Budget means we can affirm the importance of a world-class, quality education, conserve our natural resources, serve our veterans, Virginians can keep more of their hard-earned money and we can keep Virginia moving to compete to win jobs, win people, and win opportunity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had rejected Youngkin\u2019s original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2694990\/youngkins-proposed-budget-includes-tax-reform-record-education-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"proposal\">proposal<\/a>, with the governor\u2019s office saying his new proposal restores $230 million of the $850 million spending priorities cut by the legislature.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenLouiseLucas\/status\/1777471059110846835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"called\">called<\/a> Youngkin\u2019s ask to work together over the budget \u201cunimaginable\u201d after his various vetoes of Democratic priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin has vetoed several bills passed by the Democrats, including legislation establishing a marijuana market, after they had been hopeful they would get some of their priorities passed as part of negotiations with the governor for a $2 billion arena in Alexandria for the Washington Wizards and Capitals. Once Democrats killed the deal, hopes of passing those bills faded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) unveiled his budget amendments, opting against tax cuts omitted by Democrats in their budget draft. Youngkin named his proposal the \u201ccommon ground budget\u201d and showcased it at a recent event before the upcoming legislative session. The governor&#8217;s plan is set for review during the scheduled reconvened session next week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2216418,"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\/04\/AP24081668700452-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216417","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\/04\/AP24081668700452-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216417","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}