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Bill: Assembly Name Change
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federalist Party
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: March 2156
Description[?]:
| "Assembly" sounds so generic. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Federal Assembly
Current: National Parliament || The Senate and The Assembly
Proposed: Federal Senate
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:24:23, December 11, 2005 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | We personally like federal assembly. I've never liked congress as a name. We could take the obvious Germanic routes of Mordusia futher and call it the Reichstag I suppose :p |
| Date | 00:29:46, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Federalist Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | I could go for Reichstag. Let's see what the others think. |
| Date | 01:53:41, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Plinio's United Followers | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | I didn't know our roots were Germanic. I would have thought of a more arabic background. |
| Date | 02:04:29, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Left-Hand Path | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | Meh. Let's just make up a word and use that. |
| Date | 05:48:49, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Federalist Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | How about "General Council" or "Great Council." How does "National Convention" sound to everyone? |
| Date | 18:56:33, December 12, 2005 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | I don't like any of those suggestions. I always asumed we had a germanic theme because of the Federal Republic and Federal Chancellor bit. As well as the mentions to the father land in the anthem and the very Germanic flag. |
| Date | 21:13:50, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Country Labor Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | Random thoughts: "Assembly" is bland and not very interesting, and "Congress" isn't much better. "Reichstag" is too explicitly and obviously German. "Convention" usually refers to a short-term gathering for a specific purpose, like putting together a constitution. "Council" usually refers to a small group of people. BTW the double-headed falcon (eagle) is used in heraldry throughout Europe, not just in Germany. |
| Date | 21:36:54, December 12, 2005 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | It was very popular with the germanic peoples though. It comes up a bit with slavic and other eastern european heraldry as well (such as in Russia) but west of the Rhine and in Scandinavia it's not that common. I still think the people who created the various instititutions of Mordusia intended a Germanic or at least Eastern European theme. how about the "Federal Senate"? I personally don't see assembly as being too bland. It describes the chambers purpose and I don't think theres any reason to change it. |
| Date | 00:41:51, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Left-Hand Path | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | A "Great Council" or "High Council" would be ok, I guess. |
| Date | 00:48:40, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Plinio's United Followers | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | High Council sounds more elegant. We would vote for it. |
| Date | 01:20:30, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Federalist Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | Ok, we got some great ideas. Let's narrow it down to two: Federal Senate High Council I'm not too favorable to Council for the above reasoning. I like Senate, though. |
| Date | 21:55:58, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Country Labor Party | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | We have no problem with the idea of changing the name of this organization. But both "Council" and "Senate" sound to us like the names for a small elite group, whether the advisors to a king or the upper chamber of a bi-cameral legislature. We would prefer a name that tries to reflect the fact that we are the representatives of the people, elected directly by them, to serve their interests. |
| Date | 23:26:52, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Unio Liberál daď Ordio Mordusián | To | Debating the Assembly Name Change |
| Message | We like Federal Assembly and don't see any reason to change the name of parliament. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 62 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 183 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 58 |
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