A tense second day of Virginia’s surprise special legislative session erupted Tuesday morning into partisan fireworks, as Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred over a proposed constitutional amendment that could give lawmakers authority to redraw the state’s congressional map mid-decade — a move Democrats want to push through before next week’s statewide elections.

The proposal, which has not yet been released publicly, is expected to surface Tuesday afternoon and will be heard by the House Privileges and Elections Committee Wednesday.

The session’s temperature spiked early when Senate Democrats voted to block the reading of a communication from Gov. Glenn Youngkin — a sharply worded letter blasting the session as a “shameless 11th-hour political power grab.”

“I am disappointed to se

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