Senate Dems’ plan on military dependents stalls [Video]

Virginia Senate Democrats’ third formal attempt to deal with budget language imposing new limits on a tuition waiver program for the survivors and dependents of military veterans killed or disabled on active duty stalled Monday on the Senate floor over a procedural impasse and amid charges of playing politics.

The measure, Senate Bill 6011, would for the first time have included a repeal of the language limiting eligibility — something the House of Delegates passed on Friday and that Gov. Glenn Youngkin has called for.

The Senate bill’s sponsor, Senate Finance Committee Chair Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, said she introduced her measure after a three-hour meeting with Youngkin to address his concerns.

But the measure went beyond the House bill, and that became an issue when the …