Va. Assembly opens 2011 with packed docket

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RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's General Assembly has opened its 2011 session with a heavy agenda and self-proclaimed "united" Republican party.

Much of the focus for the next 45 days will be keeping spending down and finding ways to make it match state income in a recovering economy.

The lawmakers are vowing not to repeat last year, when an economic downturn forced them to make more than $4 billion in budget cuts.

The assembly - with a Republican controlled house and a senate controlled by Democrats - will also deal with legislation aimed at bullies, guns in their own workplace, property rights and the so called "Repeal Amendment" aimed at limiting the power of the U.S. Congress.

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1. I hope the focus for the next 45 days is blocking McDonnell and Cucinelli's spending of the

phony surplus, blocking any idea from Bob "Racist Nutjob" Marshall, and stopping the ABC giveaway