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By JAMES A. MADISON
Times Newspapers Staff Writer
State Sen. Richard Saslaw (D35th) is eager to start exercising the influence he’ll have as the new majority leader of the evenly split upper chamber.
“Education, that’s our chief reason for being in Richmond,” Sen. Saslaw said. “We’ve never recovered from the cuts by the outgoing Gov. (Douglas) Wilder.”
“The biggest expenditure people with children have is higher education,” Sen. Saslaw said. He said he wants to appropriate more money to higher education to keep tuition costs down and not lose the best instructors.
While the Republicans managed to pick up a couple of seats in the November election and win a 20-20 tie in the Senate, the Democrats, technically continue in control because Lt. Gov. Donald Beyer Jr. (D) can vote to break ties.
Thus, the Democrats were able to elect a majority leader -— Dick Saslaw, the veteran and combative senator from the Springfield area.
“I’ve seen him emerge as a highly aggressive, effective leader,” said Bonnie DiGiosia, Sen. Saslaw’s legislative aide. “He has the ability to forge ahead and get things done.”
When Democrats want to go on the
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