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Amendments So Far 22
NC Yankee 7
Enduro 6
AZ 4
OneJ 3
Potus 1
Simossad 1

House Legislation Processed so Far: 17
Passed 12
Failed 5

There is three pages worth of threads on the AFG board between March 1st and Today


There is only one page worth of threads on the AFG board between January 1st and March 1st.



As President, Congress only put 2 bills on my desk in 2 months worth of time, and passed one amendment.

Since Dfw and Goldwater took office, Congress has put 8 bills on his desk and passed one Amendment to the Regions in less than a month.  

Now we will take questions from the press and public on the actions/performance of the House.

What pieces of legislation are you seeking to pass? What are your top priorities over the rest of the week?

Presently I got three bills that are on the floor:
The Four is Not Enough Amendment, which will soon be amended into a proposal along the lines of what Adam and Leinad discussed a week or so ago.

The Research Grant Process and Oversight Act, which is almost done. It directs agencies on how to administer the research into alternative fuels, oil extraction methods and so for that were provided for in the Gas Tax Act.

The Voting Rights Amendment, which I took over as sponsor when AZ left. This qualifies the voting standards that resulted in Court cases in October. A previous version failed to pass the House during a prior session.

As for longer term projects I am collaborating with President Dfw, Senators PiT and Scott on healthcare.

I would note that this is a Question Time period for the whole house, not just myself so if you have questions for the other members, please feel free to ask questions directed at them.

You can view all the bills on the floor here: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=260022.msg5554467#msg5554467

House Legislation Processed so Far: 22
Passed 17
Failed 5

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=260022.msg5554468#msg5554468

Amendments So Far 27
NC Yankee 8 30%
Enduro 7  26%
OneJ 5  19%
AZ 4   14%
Potus 1 3.3%
Simossad 1 3.3%
Peebs 1 3.3%

Housing:


Currency:


Regional Powers Commission


Storm Surge..Coastal Flooding...Waterway Infrastructure

So I sent a PM yesterday morning to 4 members of the House about voting on a particular bill. Those members were Pessimistic, Clyde, Dereich and Peebs.   Pessimistic voted. There other three have not and they have all been on during the time period in question.

I don't enjoy this very much, but I don't think you can say I haven't been lenient especially with Peebs, who has received way more warnings and messages than my policy initially set (3). If I really wanted to be a dick I could wait until tomorrow morning once time had expired. This way, if they vote on the bill in question, I will remove them immediately. However a subsequent message has been sent about another bill and failure to vote their will get them right back on.

My hope is that activity and engagement will be restored to Congress and then we can proceed with starting the new Congress on Friday on a high note, preferably without smoking whatever Leinad did to get so high in chat a few minutes ago.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9C3ZPOi-guppjKXk8BDg9Wksj2LoD9NKJp7NbWYwHk/edit?usp=sharing

Peebs and Illiniwek didn't meet the 72 hours Debate requirement on either Harvey Aid or the Labor union bill thing, whatever it is called.

Peebs hasn't posted on the Enceladus Mission Probe Act, at all and it is well past 72 hours. VPH was 48 hours late with posting on the Storm Relief Fund Act.

The Budget Process & Control Act has passed both chambers and has been signed into law by President Fhtagn. Both Chambers have now proceeded with the process of electing their representatives to the Budget Process Committee.


The Continuing Resolution meant to extend us beyond the Sept 30th end of the fiscal year, has been motioned to expedite a final vote in both chambers and will should be at vote in less than 24 hours.

Updated the chart earlier!

Foreign Relations Review is now on the floor of the People's House.

Then where is it? :P

It is on the rostrum. :P

Budget Committee is also now fully staffed. Forgot to mention that this morning.

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/House_of_Representatives

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/House_of_the_Representatives_Rules_and_Procedures_for_Operation


The House has passed some new rules, including an amendment to the paygo rule and the Succession of Seats Resolution. These have been incorporated into the rules and thE main House page updated to reflect them as well.

I have also included a notes section at the bottom of the main house page linking to the rules governing both the List of Members and the History Section. I realize some times others beat me to the punch in updating this page, but I please ask that you careful review the rules governing both lists before updating them.

The rule for the List is literally the first section, clause 3 of the Definitions defining the Dean.

The rule for the History section is the last article of the rules, and is also linked to the original House Debate thread.

I find it hilarious the people trip over themselves updating the wiki pages for the House, yet the Amendments still aren't on the Constitution (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Fourth_Constitution) page and the statute (https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Statute_(post-reset)) pages are out of day. :P

True, but I don't have a list of past amendments.

We can form a commission, and make sure Atlasian and Southern laws are up to date on the wiki. I have the text to the southern chamber in word form and just need an editor to copy/paste

Dude I just made one.

And I just now saw it. :P

Congrats Sestak!

1. Wiki updated to reflect the addition of the House Budget Slot #16. The noticeboards have been updated as well.

2. I have reinstated my policy of requiring sponsors to speak in the first 24 hours after their bills reach the floor with failure to do so leading ot a tabling motion and continued such failure resulting in seconds and a vote on said motion. I PMed this yesterday to the members, but I wanted to say it here as well.

3. I have moved away from making a duplicate list of links to send to the members and instead will use more detailed status entries on the noticeboard, with the PMs just directing the members to review all the noticeboard for bills having updates/votes/motions.

I have just completed the last update of the House so that it can be copied over to the new noticeboard. It most certainly has been an adventure. Eight Congresses and sixteen months and it seems like only a day has gone by, and yet in that day the world has changed so much. When I first ran for the House, I thought it the most unlikely event that I would be elected as Speaker, I would just be satisfied being a dissatisfied and vocal opponent of the dysfunction that had arisen over the course of the first four congresses under both Party's leadership. When the dust settled, we had achieved a majority and I was elected as Speaker, a position that the people's representatives have maintained me in, despite frequently being in a majority liberal and even a majority Laborite House.

Even before taking office, I collaborated with the outgoing Speaker Never to rewrite the rules, and presided subsequently over their implementation. We had a four fold increase in the number of bills placed on the President's desk in the 5th Congress.  Over the next year and a half, many other improvements were made. We pushed for the addition of the Deputies, We ensured the involvement of the Vice President. We established a simply and transparent format that made sure people were always one click away from the previous chamber's debate. We set up lines of communication as a regular process to ensures bills kept moving. This last Congress saw the House pass or fail thirty nine pieces of legislation, which I believe is matched in Atlasian History only by the Senate this session, which got into the mid forties.

It has been said that I don't know when to quit and it is true that I am a very committed, passionate and devoted person. But I can say that it pleases me greatly and it is one of the happiest moments in Atlasia to be able to hand off the Speakership, knowing it is capable hands if the practices we have championed are continued and implemented even more aggressively. Also with regards to leaving the House seat, knowing that the issues we have championed will continue to march forward, gives me great satisfaction as well. In a previous life, I spent over two years consecutively as PPT, coming after three other stints in the position, over the course of an unimaginable sixty-eight month stint in the Senate. By comparison sixteen seems both measured and reasonable and I should note that sixteen is one of my favorite numbers. Therefore I can say that I have just finished an adventure, not an eternity this time.

I will leave you the people and your dedicated representatives with this. Remember always that regardless of what the constitution explicitly calls it, the House will always belong to the people and everyday every member should ask themselves "How best can I serve the people today". If you do that and nothing else, the House will ably serve as a the voice of the people in government.

Thanks for the honor of being People's Speaker, good luck and good fortune to those who come after and goodbye....for now! :D