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Bill: Affirmative Action Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union Party
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: August 2594
Description[?]:
| In order to ensure that minorities and women get a fair shot at life, we propose the following act. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:20:30, June 19, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Affirmative Action Act |
| Message | No, this is a racist resolution that we totaly condemn. |
| Date | 16:41:32, June 19, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Affirmative Action Act |
| Message | How is it racist to stop racism? We are not forcing this on private companies, but only government agencies. |
| Date | 06:49:02, June 20, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Affirmative Action Act |
| Message | You are forcing racism (discrimination in favor of minoritites is also racism) on government agencies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 70 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 131 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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