Weeks ago, Bearing Drift reported that the chances the General Assembly would finish the budget on time was about the same as Ron Paul being appointed Secretary of Defense.
Despite postures from the “everything’s fine” crowd, budget conferees are two days [1] late producing a conference report that was due Tuesday. “I don’t think we’ll get out of here on Saturday,” says House Speaker Howell’s aide and Sen. Colgan added “It’s horrible, just horrible.” Is Tim Kaine doing anything but vetoing bills that protect law-abiding citizens [2] and punish criminals [3]?