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Bill: Coleslaw Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sectual Congress
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 2445
Description[?]:
| Measures that will make our country better. Regarding foreign embassies: Other countries may find it offensive that we require them to go through our red tape to have an embassy here. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign embassies.
Old value:: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Current: Any other country may establish an embassy on national soil.
Proposed: Any other country may establish an embassy on national soil.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:23:03, August 19, 2007 CET | From |  Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | Remove Article 3 and we will vote yes. |
| Date | 21:26:40, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | We shall now support. |
| Date | 22:03:53, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | We don't wish to have the embassy of a ountry that is our enemy, that supports ilegal activity or a government we do not recognize openning an embassy on our soil. |
| Date | 22:04:10, August 19, 2007 CET | From | Gao-Showa Imperial Party | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | Als we do not support article 1 |
| Date | 05:50:21, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Sectual Congress | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | Why not have an enemy country's enemy though? We still need to talk to them. |
| Date | 05:50:30, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Sectual Congress | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | I mean embassy. |
| Date | 23:16:18, August 20, 2007 CET | From | R.I.F.T. | To | Debating the Coleslaw Act |
| Message | I'm torn. I like the second half of the bill, but the first half just doesn't appeal to RIFT at all. I'll have to vote no, but I could be persuaded to go the other way on a lone fire department proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 153 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 330 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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