From the Gainesville Times:

The gridlock continued Wednesday as the General Assembly entered day three of its special session to resolve the state’s transportation issues.

A handful of competing plans are working their way through the legislature but it seems unlikely that any will be enacted.

Gov. Tim Kaine (D) has proposed a series of tax and fee increases aimed at funding road maintenance and alternative modes of transportation but his plan has been met with overwhelming hostility in both houses. The funding package is being held in limbo in the House and Kaine has been unable to even find a sponsor in the Senate.

Senate Democrats, led by Springfield Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35th), appear poised to approve a competing series of tax hikes that may be acceptable to Kaine, but the House of Delegates has vowed to kill any tax increases.

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