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Bill: Child Benefit
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Manalishi 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: June 2257
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:33:37, July 16, 2006 CET | From |  Liberal Coalition | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | I smell vote pandering. |
| Date | 14:30:21, July 17, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | Then you have a bad sense of smell. The GMP is the longest serving and the most consistently leftist party in Jelbania (a right-wing, conservative nation). We have never, or will never compromise our own ideals. |
| Date | 19:52:56, July 18, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Coalition | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | Yet you are in favor of bringing children's benefits away from everyone and giving it soley to the poor? |
| Date | 11:26:12, July 19, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Child Benefit |
| Message | We believe in narrowing the divide between rich and poor. If you were a cynic, you may say that it is just another form of taxation on the more priveleged. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 196 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 429 |
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