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The result was a widely held, and largely accurate, public perception that the Assembly, as a whole, was leaderless. The final week’s warring between the House of Delegates and the Senate over the budget often overshadowed the partisan sniping between the Democratic and Republican members of each body. The salvos of oratorical shot and shell were deafening.
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