Efforts by lawmakers in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia to pass a regional compact to oppose public money being spent on a new Washington Redskins stadium appear to have fallen short this year.
Last week, a Virginia General Assembly subcommittee voted 7-0 to table a bill filed by Republican Del. Michael Webert that would have blocked state subsidies for a new Redskins stadium in Virginia, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
By tabling the bill, the legislature effectively killed the proposal this year, according to the paper.
Del. David Moon (D-Takoma Park) has sponsored a similar bill in the Maryland legislature to prevent the state from spending money on a new stadium and D.C. City Council member David Grosso also introduced a similar bill in the District.
However, without Virginia agreeing to the compact, the bill filed in Maryland wouldn’t go into effect even if legislators were to approve it this year.
Click here to read the rest of the story written by Andrew Metcalf over at Bethesda Magazine