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Bill: Article 15: Rewriting of Article 1: 2A and 2B
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Party of Likatonia
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: February 4260
Description[?]:
| Article 15: (1)Calls for the repeal, and rewriting of Article 1; Section 2A, and 2B. The rewriting would change unicameral to bicameral legislature. (2)Vests Congress's current powers in the House of Representatives. (3)Lays the foundation for for the Senate leadership.(VP, Majority leader, minority leader) 3A. The Vice President shall chair the senate. (3A-1)Gives the President the power to appoint a Vice President (3A-2)The Vice President cannot be fired, but may be impeached by a 2/3s vote of Senate, or may resign. 3B. The Majority Leader will be elected by the majority coalition of senators, within the senate. 3C. The Minority Leader will be elected by the minority coalition of senators, within the senate. (4)The senators will serve for the length of three House of Representatives election cycles. 4A. The Majority Leader will present election results to be confirmed by the minority leader, or a 2/3's vote by the House. (5)The senate will possess sole authority to present RP bills, and hold RP debates; Establish RP committees, and RP investigatory bodies. (6)The Senate will have the power to subpoena government officials, with a 2/3s vote; Interview cabinet members, and other officials by holding public hearings; Call for official testimonies. President Arthur Jerry Thompson, Of the People's Socialist Party of Likatonia |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: Congress
Current: Congress of the Republic
Proposed: House of Representatives
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:31:04, August 20, 2017 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Article 15: Rewriting of Article 1: 2A and 2B |
| Message | OOC)Ignore the other bill by the same name. This is the real one. |
| Date | 14:01:38, August 20, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Article 15: Rewriting of Article 1: 2A and 2B |
| Message | We find an important issue with this proposal: it does not state how senators will be elected. Even though we respect the decision of the majority, we believe that a unicameral system is less bureaucreatic and efficient and that the current Congress can perform very well the functions that this proposal assigns to the Senate. This justifies our vote against this Constitutional reform. |
| Date | 14:54:55, August 20, 2017 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the Article 15: Rewriting of Article 1: 2A and 2B |
| Message | OOC) we will make a procedure for electing senators. That was an error on my part. I personally think all states should get 20 senators equaling 100. Each states representives will be based on the congressional election results . Also I'll add that the Vice President will serve as the tiebreaker. Only when necessary the VP may vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 300 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 125 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Game mechanics comes first." For example, if a currently-enforced bill sets out one law, then a player cannot claim the government has set out a contradictory law. |
| Random quote: "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson |