Sen. John H. Chichester
(R-Stafford)
Co-chairmain, Senate Finance Committee
Age:60
Author of Senate's two-year, $474 million plan to cut the car tax, he opposes issuing bonds to build schools and is wary of the long-term cost of Gov. James S. Gilmore III's $2.8 billion proposal to phase out the car tax over five years.
Insurance company owner, motorcycle enthusiast.
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Sen. Charles J. Colgan
(D-Prince William)
Chairman, Senate Labor and Commerce Committee
Age:71
Proposed cutting the car tax before Gilmore made it a campaign issue last year. Is skeptical of school bonds.
Runs a Manassas airline; was raised an orphan.
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Sen. Joseph V. Gartlan Jr.
(D-Fairfax)
Chairman, Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Age: 72
Has been Senate's most outspoken opponent of a car-tax cut; favors school-building programs.
Retired trial lawyer; was raised in Long Island, N.Y.
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Del. Vincent F. Callahan Jr.
(R-Fairfax)
Co-chairman, House Appropriations Committee
Age: 66
Sponsor of Gilmore's tax-cut plan, but supports House compromise plan that reduced the tax cut and added a plan to issue bonds in order to build and renovate schools.
Publisher; was GOP nominee for lieutenant governor in 1973.
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Del. James H. Dillard II
(R-Fairfax)
Co-chairman, House Education Committee
Age: 64
Moderate Republican who wants passage of a school-construction plan.
Retired school teacher, competitive sailor.
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Del. Robert S. Bloxom
(R-Accomack)
Co-chairman,
House Labor and
Commerce Committee
Age: 60
A moderate Republican who sometimes votes with Democrats on environmental and education issues.
Auto parts dealer on Eastern Shore. Born in Bloxom, Va., schooled at Bloxom Elementary; family's history in Virginia dates to 1630s.
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