“Short session:” Make longer?

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It’s February! And less than a month away from the adjournment (at least the scheduled adjournment) of the Virginia General Assembly.

The legislative session runs 60 days in even-numbered years and 30 days in odd-numbered years, with an option to extend annual sessions for a maximum of 30 days. But, as Lowell Feld writes at Blue Virginia, the state’s sessions are among the shortest in the country, given its population.

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