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Bill: Budget Responsibility and Accountability Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 4538
Description[?]:
| This is a set of budget rules to let congress fund public programs. This is the scenario in which congress can do this. In addition to this, though, we have given a course of action for the finance minister to nullify congressional budgets. Essentially, if a congressional budget has nothing to do with said programs, the finance minister may invoke nullification of it. But they may not do this if it directly funds a public program. This passes with a simply majority. 1 With regards to the passage of public programs 1.1 On the passage (or elimination) of public programs that increase (or decrease) public spending priorities, it’s noted that budgets often do not change to reflect these programs. We are asserting necessary and proper for government to adjust budget priorities in response to legislative action regardless of political opinion. 1.2 We also recognize that there is congress has the ability to propose their own budgets. Congress has the authority to pass funding bills in concordance to program elimination and implementation, and we hereby recognize these budgets are binding. 1.3 Legislation passed without corresponding budget alterations may have funding bills proposed after the fact. For these funding bills to be binding, the congressman or congresswoman proposing the budget must indicate (either by referring to a link or the title of a bill) which bill they are creating the funding change in response to. 2 Executive responsibility 2.1 If congress proposes and passes a funding bill for a public program, these must be binding. Any attempt for the finance minister to delegitimize said budget acts is frowned upon and not taken seriously. 2.2 If said funding bill has nothing to do with any specific legislation or change to public program or policy, the finance minister may invoke this resolution to nullify said budget. 2.3 The finance minister has the right to propose and implement budgets WITHOUT legislative reference. We recognize the executive branch’s freedom to be flexible with budget priorities. 2.4 We recognize the executive branch’s role is to impliment the acts of congress. 3 Taxation Policy 3.1 The legislative branch has full legitimacy in passing income tax changes. 3.2 The finance minister must impliment legislatively passed taxation policy. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:12:06, February 26, 2019 CET | From | Faschistische Union | To | Debating the Budget Responsibility and Accountability Act |
| Message | This change will simply be disregarded in line with the general announcement. Signed Prime minister First Soldier Martin Rosstein |
| Date | 19:32:14, February 26, 2019 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Budget Responsibility and Accountability Act |
| Message | We do not recognize the legitimacy of the first soldier, and any comment the prime minister makes is considered non-binding. The legislative body will not be de-legitimized via an unconstitutional dictatorship. SDP leader, Janet Williamson |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 27 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 47 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 1 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "The political ballot box stands for willingness to be ruled by somebody other than yourself." - Alvin Lowi, Jr. |