The state Senate adjourned its special session on Monday. If the move “holds up to a parliamentary challenge,” it “would throw to federal judges the task of redrawing the state’s congressional map.”
“The move to adjourn … further widened the partisan rift between the Democrats who control the executive branch and the Republicans who control the legislative branch. ‘I thought this was an embarrassing day for the commonwealth of Virginia, a waste of $40,000,’” Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)