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Bill: Free the Television!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Tory Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: December 2204
Description[?]:
| Urk, what to say? |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All television media are private.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:03:54, March 24, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Free the Television! |
| Message | What's this mean? |
| Date | 21:59:16, March 24, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Free the Television! |
| Message | I *think* it means somethiing akin to the system in Britain. |
| Date | 16:34:22, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Free the Television! |
| Message | No, the system in Great Britain is that the TV licence payer directly pays for a national TV and radio network (the BBC) and other networks are commercial. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 97 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 214 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 439 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err." - Mahatma Gandhi |