Republican Leadership, Afraid of Extreme Tea Party Faction, Scrambles to Change Terms of Budget Deal (Democratic Party of Virginia)

(Source: Democratic Party of Virginia) 11/10/2014 Virginia Republicans are once again threatening to hold the state budget hostage as today's special session morphs into the latest demonstration of Republican extremism. Despite widespread bipartisan support for critical transportation funding, right-wing House Republicans are trying to sink the transportation budget deal -- and Speaker Howell is kowtowing to their demands. "It's frightening that Speaker Howell can't control the right wing extremists in his own party," said Morgan Finkelstein, press secretary for the Democratic Party of Virginia. "This latest outburst by the Tea Party faction threatens...