Foreign Aid Restoration Bill (Law'd over Veto)

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Foreign Aid Restoration Bill

1. The Foreign Aid Reduction Act is hereby repealed


Sponsor: Al

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Amendment (easiest way to fix my quibble):
"Foreign Aid Restoration Bill

The Foreign Aid Reduction Act (F.L. 10-4) is hereby repealed. Funding is restored to 2004 levels."

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You are going to go to Hell.

I doubt it. They'll be afraid he'll annoy them to death, then take over.

What about my friendly amendment, Al? And what about my quibbles with your bill?

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The Amendment has been accepted as friendly. Senators have 24 hours to object.

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The Amendment has been accepted as friendly. Senators have 24 hours to object.

The amendment does nothing but change the text to include a bill reference, the rest is just debate, correct?

Yes. That is all the amendment does.

It also removes a pointless section number and adds a period at the end. Stop trying to play down my contributions to Atlasian society!

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Probably time to open a vote on the amendment Dwtl proposed.

So, yeah.

Amendment:

To strike text of bill and replace with the following:

Atlasian Sovereignty Act

To modify F.L. 10-4, also known as the Foreign Aid Reduction Act, to read:

1. The budget of the International Assistance Programs division of the State Department shall be reduced to $500 million immediately upon the passage of this bill. This budget shall be used at the discretion of the State Department.

Please vote aye, nay or abstain.


Nay

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Vote count:

Aye 1 (Dwtl)
Nay 5 (Lewis, Al, Torie, Culture, Jas)
abstain (voted) 0
abstain (yet to vote) 4 (Bacon, Verily, Meeker, Sensei)

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This Amendment has failed.

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Somebody do something about this. Or maybe I will tomorrow.

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Offered as friendly in case Al so desires, btw.

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Offered as friendly in case Al so desires, btw.

Wtf? A post of mine is missing here above that yin.
Did I post it at all? Or did I accidentally modify it to this? I am not sure...

Yeah. Anyways. I know what I wrote, and it was this:

Amendment to add another sentence at the end: "Funding is restored to 2004 levels from the next fiscal year." Just to fix my quibble.

Still offered as friendly in case Al so desires, btw.

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Senators have 24 hours to object.

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Next fiscal year and onwards, unless/until it's changed again. As we currently have no budget process...

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Okay, as there has been an objection to the adoption as friendly, we will now vote on the Amendment.

Amendment to add another sentence at the end: "Funding is restored to 2004 levels from the next fiscal year."

Please vote aye, nay or abstain.


Aye.

And if this fails, I'll reword it.

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Vote Count:

Aye 2 (Lewis, Jas)
Nay 1 (Torie)
abstain (voted) 1 (Bacon)
abstain (yet to vote) 6 (Meeker, Verily, Culture, Al, Sensei, Dwtl)

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This amendment has passed.

Final vote count:

Aye 5 (Lewis, Jas, Culture, Sensei, Verily)
Nay 1 (Torie)
abstain (voted) 1 (Bacon)
abstain (yet to vote) 3 (Meeker, Al, Dwtl)

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Final vote time!

Please vote aye, nay or abstain.

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Aye.

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Current vote count:

Aye 2 (Lewis, Bacon)
Nay 2 (Dwtl, Torie)
yet to vote 6 (Al, Jas, Sensei, Meeker, Culture, Verily)

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Current vote count:

Aye 4 (Lewis, Bacon, Sensei, Culture)
Nay 2 (Dwtl, Torie)
Abstain (voted) 1 (Verily)
yet to vote 3 (Al, Jas, Meeker)
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With five ayes and one abstention, this bill has enough votes to pass. Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

Vote count:

Aye 5 (Lewis, Bacon, Sensei, Culture, Al)
Nay 2 (Dwtl, Torie)
Abstain (voted) 1 (Verily)
yet to vote 2 (Jas, Meeker)

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This bill has passed. It is presented to the President for his signature or veto.

Final vote count:

Aye 5 (Lewis, Bacon, Sensei, Culture, Al)
Nay 2 (Dwtl, Torie)
Abstain (voted) 1 (Verily)
Abstain (did not vote) 2 (Jas, Meeker)

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Al has 72 hours to move for an override vote.

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Motion to override veto.

The vote is on the motion to override.

This vote lasts up to seven days. Seven aye's are needed.


Aye

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Current vote count:

Aye 5 (Lewis, Kings, Al, Sensei)
Nay 2 (Torie, Dwtl)
yet to vote 3 (Verily, Jas, Meeker)

...looks remarkably like the final vote so far...

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Jas? Meeker? Verily?

Vote times out on the 28th.