RICHMOND - The release of competing state budgets Sunday by the House and Senate shows that just because Republicans control the Virginia General Assembly does not mean they agree on everything. Not even close.

Budget writers in the two chambers disagree on taxes and fees, pension reform and education, setting up a showdown in the final weeks of the legislative session.

Both the House and Senate want Virginia to send millions more dollars over the next two years than what Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) recommended to public schools, local governments and health care providers, including hospitals, nursing homes and free clinics.

But the House stripped out a trio of fee increases proposed by McDonnell, while the Senate left them in and relied on a plan that would raise the gas tax to reflect inflation and pay for transportation maintenance. Meanwhile, the Senate restored a $500,000 cut to public broadcasting, but the House did not.