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BUDGET ACTION WILL GO ON WITHOUT SPEAKER HOWELL
By JULIAN WALKERVirginian-Pilot 05/11/2012Foreign affairs will keep House Speaker William Howell, R-Stafford County, from his duties in the House of Delegates Monday. Instead of holding court from his usual legislative perch, Howell will be thousands of miles away in England for a ceremonial planting in honor of royalty, according to House staff.