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Bill: Seats in Congress.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Republic Independent Party
Status[?]: passed
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: January 2051
Description[?]:
| This changes the number of seats in Congress to 200 giving more citizens better representation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 127
Current: 256
Proposed: 200
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:22:01, May 11, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Republic Independent Party | To | Debating the Seats in Congress. |
| Message | This is a good bill which allows more people the opportunity to be equally represented. |
| Date | 09:22:25, May 11, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Seats in Congress. |
| Message | This party will vote to approve this bill. |
| Date | 10:25:57, May 11, 2005 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the Seats in Congress. |
| Message | I was going to suggest 750...our Board of advisors is currently overworked...although we would support the increase to 200... |
| Date | 15:27:51, May 11, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Seats in Congress. |
| Message | 750 is too large of a number. We need to maintain efficiency and efficacy. |
| Date | 15:28:08, May 11, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Seats in Congress. |
| Message | We really ought to pick an odd number. Further, there is no problem with the current 127.I'm not sure why the other parties are so willing to waste money on employing even more politicians. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 104 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 23 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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