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Bill: Public Transportation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2418
Description[?]:
| Providing assistance for low-income Lodamese will allow for better job opportunities and strengthen our nation's productivity. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:58:29, June 20, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | We can agree again, but we would like to see this go further. |
| Date | 04:24:49, June 20, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | As would we. Hopefully, this is an incremental step in the right direction. |
| Date | 05:06:59, June 20, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | URP believes in full user-pays, however we believ it would be better left to local governments than subjected to this huge national program. |
| Date | 05:34:40, June 20, 2007 CET | From | The Unified Lodamun Party | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | THe ULP completely agrees with the URP oddly enough. |
| Date | 04:21:12, June 21, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | Yes, it should be a local matter. |
| Date | 17:00:41, June 22, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | As it is a small step towards nationalization, the CPL votes yes. |
| Date | 19:12:21, June 22, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Public Transportation Act |
| Message | We also agree that local governments hshould have the final word, but we can support this version for now. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 231 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 368 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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