We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Water Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic-Republican Party
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 2198
Description[?]:
| We must ensure that the water people drink does not cause them to have easily preventable diseases. While local governments are able to do this, a single regulation may be better than multiple different regulations and it will help the private waterworks corporations to standardize without having to conform to multiple villages, towns, and cities' different regulations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:37:22, March 10, 2006 CET | From |  Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Water Regulation Act |
| Message | But what, my friend, has happened to your wet federalist approach? |
| Date | 02:10:34, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Hutori Freedom Party | To | Debating the Water Regulation Act |
| Message | It's called "sound federalism". It means that some of us support the delegation of powers to local governments for trivial matters. However, when it comes to more important things--- like water, the human lifeblood... or the ENVIRONMENT (hint hint...), then the national government needs a say. |
| Date | 14:20:54, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Northern Lights | To | Debating the Water Regulation Act |
| Message | We don't think so. |
| Date | 21:07:33, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Water Regulation Act |
| Message | We cannot support government regulation. The only possible option for this would be "The government does not regulate the quality of drinking water." |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 224 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 106 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy is completely free! If you want to support the game financially, feel free to make a small donation to the lievenswouter@gmail.com Paypal account. |
| Random quote: "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a cheque. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Martin Luther King Jr. |