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Bill: Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Coalition
Status[?]: defeated
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: February 2538
Description[?]:
| Second Phase of renaming Other suggested names welcome |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Federal Diet
Current: Parlament/Gikai
Proposed: Senate
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:20:10, February 24, 2008 CET | From |  People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | Not sold on "Senate". "Chamber of Deputies", perhaps? |
| Date | 11:28:10, February 24, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | Ugh, so bland-sounding and long-winded |
| Date | 12:52:19, February 24, 2008 CET | From | Christian Communist Party | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | We support the continued existence of the Diet and will oppose and such bland name as Senate. |
| Date | 13:53:46, February 24, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | A name such as Federal Diet is not only misleading, but also lacks power. Our nation is not at all Federal, and the "diet" brings up insinuations of weakness and "flip-flop"-like behavior. Surely we can think of something which demands a little more respect. |
| Date | 14:42:17, February 24, 2008 CET | From | Christian Communist Party | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | I fail to see how the name diet is weaker in anyway than senate and Gishoto is a federal state/ |
| Date | 18:05:33, February 24, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | Gishoto is not federal. Check how many things are still left to local governments. We're almost entirely central-based. Senate is a strong, powerful word (OOC: Look at Rome and the US) Diet is feeble and weak, reminding us of women scared of their weight. |
| Date | 02:26:21, February 26, 2008 CET | From | Papas Party | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | Sounds good, Diet is weird |
| Date | 02:42:12, February 26, 2008 CET | From | Kaiserliche Hulsterreichische Partei | To | Debating the Rebranding Bill V.3 Part 2: State |
| Message | Diet refers to one of the few things Hulstrians and the Gao Showa share in common, the fact that they both called their representitive bodies an Imperial Diet. Senate has no historic presidence in this nation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 161 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 525 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 64 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
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