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Bill: Train Companies
Details
Submitted by[?]: bran1322 Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2480
Description[?]:
| This would allow private companies to also go national if they are successful enough yet still keep the public train system that will guarantee a coast to coast railroad. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Current: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:03:11, November 01, 2007 CET | From |   Partido Lariano Nacional | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | In the experience of public transporting companies... No. public transport companies are a zero on the left. |
| Date | 22:19:02, November 01, 2007 CET | From | Technocrat Bloc | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | Sorry, I do not understand the reference to "zero on the left". |
| Date | 00:56:43, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Party of Egelion | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | We're going to abstain. |
| Date | 00:58:25, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Party of Egelion | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | Actually, we're going to agree. |
| Date | 10:49:16, November 02, 2007 CET | From | bran1322 Party | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | Yay! |
| Date | 18:23:47, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Partido Lariano Nacional | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | zero on the left = useless. (explanation: 2 = 2 0002 = 2 0000000000002 = 2 000000000000000000000000002 = 2. |
| Date | 01:15:08, November 03, 2007 CET | From | Technocrat Bloc | To | Debating the Train Companies |
| Message | Thank you. Interesting phrase. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 261 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 40 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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