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Bill: Telecommunications Fairness Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Barmenistan Communist 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: May 2233
Description[?]:
| To help working families afford phone service. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:30:56, May 25, 2006 CET | From |  Partiya Rizgarî ya Bamenistan | To | Debating the Telecommunications Fairness Act |
| Message | Really, ridiculous. We wonder what the Finance Minister has to say about this. |
| Date | 23:33:56, May 25, 2006 CET | From | Pseudocentrists | To | Debating the Telecommunications Fairness Act |
| Message | Kathy Keene supports half of this. The CRP will have to resubmit. |
| Date | 23:40:01, May 25, 2006 CET | From | Barmenistan Communist Party | To | Debating the Telecommunications Fairness Act |
| Message | Which half? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 37 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 477 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 236 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress." - John Clapham |