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Bill: Size of the Legislature
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish Mothers' Union
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: May 2571
Description[?]:
| Beitenyu can get along fine with far fewer politicians. Melanie Koffenbaum (Leader of the JMU) OOC: The real-life Israeli Knesset has 120 seats. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 400
Current: 150
Proposed: 120
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:21:55, May 02, 2008 CET | From | Archon Revolutionary Militia | To | Debating the Size of the Legislature |
| Message | "We would propose 75 seats. The more centralized and concentrated the state's power, the better. But this is better than the status quo, so we vote in favor." -Judy Gottlos, Head Archon of the ARM |
| Date | 20:25:43, May 02, 2008 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Size of the Legislature |
| Message | OOC: In Beiteynu, the size of the Knesset has traditionally been 240 seats. We would support a return to that. |
| Date | 01:36:05, May 04, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the Size of the Legislature |
| Message | Would any of the other parties in the "No" lobby for this vote be prepared to support a 240-seat Knesset? Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 102 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 250 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 48 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "Fascism is capitalism plus murder." - Upton Sinclair |