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Bill: Phone Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party for the Republic
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: September 2535
Description[?]:
| Some level of communications technology should be available to all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:31:22, February 21, 2008 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Phone Bill |
| Message | Everyone in the US has a phone, and we have no regulations. Phones are now at a phase where they are common enough to not require regulation. |
| Date | 11:14:09, February 21, 2008 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Phone Bill |
| Message | OVer our dead bodies. |
| Date | 23:07:13, February 21, 2008 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the Phone Bill |
| Message | OOC: Regulations do exist; phone companies were paid to put lines in rural and impoverished areas that would not help them economically. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 123 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 177 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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