Virginia’s House of Delegates voted Thursday to grant the state a greater role in creating new charter schools, while a Senate subcommittee did away with a host of bills that would have unraveled long-standing gun control laws.
The action in the Republican-controlled House represented a victory for new Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell. The Democratic-majority Senate, however, issued a rebuke to a governor who campaigned with an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association and had promised to sign the “one gun a month” repeal if it reached his desk.
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