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a suite luvtery, a muve to raise the beer-drinking age from 19 to 21, “meet and confer” legislation for public employes, and a proposed two-year experiment to allow cameras in Virginia courtrooms also were losers this year.
Three other big issues— uranium mining, the coal slurry pipeline, and changes to highway {binding allocations—were put off until the 1985 session.
The scheduled 60-day session was supposed to end Saturday, but the assembly added two days Saturday night because House and Senate budget negotiations were still working on revisions to Gov. Charles S. Robb’s proposed $15.9 billion budget for 1984-86.
A two-thirds majority was needed in the 100-member House and the 40-mem
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