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themselves, can accept or reject them. Neither House can impose its will on the other, thus there is little incentive for compromise on the part of the representatives.
And so in the meetings thus far, the sparks have been flying between the ranking members of the House and Senate. With only four months remaining before the subcommittee is required to present its report to the 19S4 legislature, no real agenda for action has yet been established.
Still it must be said that some progress is being made. The members have identified problems and recognized important areas where improvements should be made in the public interest. At long last the legislative leadership has a formal vehicle for addressing such problems as closed-door conference committee and subcommittee meetings, archaic procedural practices, and the annual danger of jerry-built laws being thrown together in the wee hours of closing night by bone-weary lawmakers.
What remains now to hi- seen is whether or not the reigning powers in the House and Senate seize the opportunity they have; whether they play the pails of prima donnas or statesmen.
The panel holds its next meeting Oct. 7 in the General Assembly Building in Richmond. It's one of those exercises in government which doesn't get much play in the media, but it's one concerned citizens should keep their eyes on.
The subcommittee members have a rare chance to clean up the legislature's act.
It would be a loss for all Virginians if they blew it.
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