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Bill: Bicameralism and You!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Technocratic Nationalist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2477
Description[?]:
| This bill will combine the Senate and House of Commons, thereby adding 100 seats to the House of Commons and disbanding the Senate. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 399
Current: 505
Proposed: 499
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:02:55, October 23, 2007 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Bicameralism and You! |
| Message | I believe that we should fuse the two legislative bodies; The senate has proven ineffective and is therefore useless. Can anyone see any reason to keep the senate? |
| Date | 15:18:16, October 23, 2007 CET | From | Supreme Party of the Republic | To | Debating the Bicameralism and You! |
| Message | No! We can see no reason to keep the senate. |
| Date | 06:00:52, October 24, 2007 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Bicameralism and You! |
| Message | We would prefer to increase the size of the House of Commons by 100, in order to accommodate the former senators. Are there any objections to this, or to disbanding the senate? |
| Date | 23:13:46, October 26, 2007 CET | From | Technocratic Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Bicameralism and You! |
| Message | We're going to move this to a vote, since there are currently no objections. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 350 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
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