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Legislative Cleanup
By GEORGE BOWLES
The smoldering rivalry between the House of Delegates and the Senate has become centered, in recent weeks, in an unlikely forum—a joint subcommittee designed to improve the way the legislature works.
When the 198,3 session of the General Assembly agreed to House Joint Resolution 83, a minor miracle in itself, the intent appeared clear. The resolution established a ten-member panel to look into ways ore reforming and streamlining the procedures by which the Assembly enacts laws. Four members of the panel, which is formally called the Joint Subcommittee Studying the Legislative Process, were to be appointed by the house, three by the Senate and three by the governor.
A more illustrious group to serve on the panel could hardly have been |>ut together. It is chaired by House Speaker A. L. Philpott of Henry. The other House members are Majority Leader Thomas Moss of Norfolk, Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Bagiev of Hampton and Minority Leader Vincent
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