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TYSONS CORNER — Almost half of the newly elected Virginia Senate arrived here in Fairfax County on Wednesday for a first day of school on the state budget, as 17 newly elected senators prepare to take office in January and replace veteran leadership transformed by retirement and political defeat.
On Aug. 7, Sens. Janet Howell and George Barker, both Fairfax Democrats and outgoing co-chairs of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, confer with each other in Richmond. Howell is retiring, while Barker lost his seat in a primary.
Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, will be the new Senate majority leader. Behind Surovell in the Senate chamber is a portrait of former Lt. Gov. Don Beyer, now a member of Congress from Northern Virginia.
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The budget adds $338.5 million in funds to help farmers reduce polluted runoff into streams and the Chesapeake Bay, $151 million to cut pollution from wastewater treatment plants and $100 million for flood control projects.
Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, will be the new Senate majority leader. Behind Surovell in the Senate chamber is a portrait of former Lt. Gov. Don Beyer, now a member of Congress from Northern Virginia.
On Aug. 7, Sens. Janet Howell and George Barker, both Fairfax Democrats and outgoing co-chairs of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, confer with each other in Richmond. Howell is retiring, while Barker lost his seat in a primary.
