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Bill: House of Lords Established
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Royalist Party (IJ)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2593
Description[?]:
| Article 1: The House of Lords shall be a non-voting chamber of Dukes, Earls, Counts, and Viscounts. The authority on legislation, taxation, government spending, treaties, and so forth shall remain with the National Assembly. The House of Lords shall advise the National Assembly and act as regional governors and mayors of cities. Nobles are politicians, military officers, scientists, artists, philosophers, business men, and other exceptional members of society. Article 2: Every political party may choose from among their leaders a Duke for one region, Earls for every city in that particular region, and a reasonable number of Counts and Viscounts that may reside in that region. There are five regions and there are five political parties. Article 3: All titles shall be hereditary. If a noble dies without an heir the National Assembly shall replace him or her with another appointment which shall also be hereditary. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:39:12, June 16, 2008 CET | From |  Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the House of Lords Established |
| Message | Jelbania has always been a Republic. We need not the trappings of royalty to decorate our fair shores with false masques of an outdated feudal system. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 161 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 199 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 141 |
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| Random quote: "Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent." - John Maynard Keynes |