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Bill: The Unemployment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Jakania
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2145
Description[?]:
| This is a Bill to establish a nation-wide Unemployment-pay program |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:14:42, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the The Unemployment Act |
| Message | The JLSP would support this bill. |
| Date | 11:18:14, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Moderate Democratic Party | To | Debating the The Unemployment Act |
| Message | Supported |
| Date | 12:00:31, November 21, 2005 CET | From |  Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the The Unemployment Act |
| Message | Opposed. |
| Date | 15:02:31, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the The Unemployment Act |
| Message | The NLP would request that this bill be renamed. The proposal involves a minimum income (basically unemployment insurance), not a minimum wage (which is a different proposal). |
| Date | 02:06:56, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the The Unemployment Act |
| Message | OPPOSED! |
| Date | 04:11:29, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Jakania | To | Debating the The Unemployment Act |
| Message | Renamed |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 114 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 112 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 24 |
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