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In the 95th Con cress 2. t Lake Tribune, November US, 1978 ' 1 Reform in House Reaching Shores of Senate; Revisions in Wind By Donald Smith In the Senate the story is different Elected m November were 18 new and Thomas P South' nk senators the largest group of fieshmen in that body since 1958 They will arrive m Washington with no attachments to Congressional Quartet ly - The WASHINGTON wave of reform that washed through the House of RenrsanOj-tive- s m 1974 has reached the shores of the Senate During the next few months, as the 95th Congress begins to organize itself, both chambers will locus on proposals to reuse thur rules and power structures But the action is likely to be far more dramatic m the Senate than in the House Changes proposed in the Senate would allow more elficient handling of legislate e programs flowing from the Jimmy Carter White House The changes also might trim some of the fat off the Senates staff payioll Many reform-oriente- f in history Reform Efforts The reform efforts in both houses will be played out with a largely new cast of central characters Three of the top four leaders of the House and Senate will retire at the end of 1978, paving the way for the most sweep'ng turnover m congressional leadership in this century. The wholesale shift of leadership posts, the prospect of a major overhaul of the committee sy stem m the Senate, and a tightening of the 1974 reforms m the House d January. Many oi tne reiorms io be taken up m those two aienas will be designed to improve the efficiency of House operations The Democratic Study libera! and reform-o- i Group, an organization of lented House Democrats, has endorsed a senes of proposals aimed which deter mines coninntiee assignments and performs other important tasks lor the House Democrats mittee, ly the Senate teoiganize the entire committees into 15 the plan could lead to an eventual 25 pel cent in due (ion of Senate staff The reoi ganizatiun plan was diafied by the Temporary Select Com notice to Study Hie Senate Committee Svstein chan ed by Sen Adlai E Stevenson III, Dill In business since April, the panel is belter known as the Committee on Committees Stevenson believes that 111' tan steer clear of the shoals of special in tcicsts and personal committee system and to limit the number of committees a senator may sc- - o on The plan is designed to make the Senate more efficient by reducing some of the piesent chaotic and ove- have fallen by the side as a result of the House pi uc codings Pending ill is an ambitious plan to Two long standing re-lin pioposais appai du- w ay coverage of House ci'-to- i leadership changes One would have made the House majority whip the thud ranking leadership port, an elective rather than appointive position The other would have allowed tele- - rlapping duplication among committees and by allowing individual suiatois more time to devote to fewer tasks r S J1 consolidating By ' past reorganization plans Still, some stiff opposition is exected li om senior senatoi s stand to lose power hu w The most substantial changes to i educe over Ian and fragmentation ol committee juiisdictions come in the area of energy, environment and transportation The plan also makes significant changes lit international economics and banking Probably the most glaring oversight of the plan is that while it ' ' f consolidates most other social piograms into a new Human Resources Committee, it leaves Social Senility programs under the juiisdietion of the Finance Committee that doomed jealousies J, .(u Nevertheless Steven ci.!L th p!-- r. he inert sweeping proposal fm i eorgamutnm the Senate has ever consi-deie- d " He adds that the chances uie very good foi adoption of substantially the entile re Xllt (Copy ' .rf ? right i M". A 3tffs "V ii cnnsimses could provide the framewoik for a 95th Congress very different from its predecessors "Reform is fairly well complete m the House, but we still have to fine tune a little more, said Rep Moms K Udall, a leading House adv ocate of reform Republicans will be for a way to their rights 1 Democratic 2 WliU reorganizations oi against a majority . m - fundamental Senate ms of 1974 protect pvcfirtg e4 vtwvt provide the impetus for one of the most Democratic House members believe that thev ha e ac hieved the bulk of their goals for change Their efforts during the next few months will be concentrated primarily on tying up lose ends of the sweeping House re-flooking Kp could be s to the Demociatie Steering and Pol.cy Com- at reducing the number of needless House quorum calls, improving the scheduling of committee meetings and enabling members to organize their time better. The Democrats meetI , r. iti U1 lcvcmwvi n4i confront the issue ol how much power to delegate to their leaders and how much to reserve for the caucus Reduce Power One fight could come over a proposal to reduce the power of the House Speaker to apixunt mem- - Fme tuning is a fair characterization of the changes that will be considered in early December by the House Democratic Caucus and by the full House m iz Inauguration Special Creates Problems On Jan. 19 a passenger train PLAIN'S, Ga (AP) willl pull into the 19th century railroad station here for the first time m decades and 396 residents of Plains and Sumpter County will climb aboard Destmation Washington, D C , and the maugura-tiothe next day of Jimmy Carter, their neighbor and fnend, as the 39th president of the United States n Ive created a monster, said Maxine Reese, the Carter staff member and Plams resident who thought up the idea of the train. Thousands Wait Ride Mrs Reese said the problem is that although there has been virtually no publicity about the inaugural tram, word of it has traveled faster than the Wabash Cannonball and thousands of people from all over the countiy want to ride Its hard to tell people they can't go, but that's exactly what Ive had to do, Mrs. Reese said. She said first priority was given to people who live in Plams and that the seats that remained were assigned mostly to residents of surrounding Sumpter County All the seats are spoken for and .there is no more room. 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