Waste Reduction Resolution (reintroduced)

[Gabu]

At the request of Sen. Sam Spade, the following legislation written by Sen. Supersoulty is reintroduced:

Waste Reduction Resolution[/b]

Section 1

Immediately following the passage of this resolution, the Senate will appoint a select committee of Senators.

Section 2

The role of this new committee will be to identify 20 sources of wasteful spending on behalf of the Federal Government.

Section 3

The definition of wasteful spending will include, but not be limited to the following:

                   a) Outdated Domestic Contracts

                   b) Outdated Defense Contracts

                   c) Overlapping Departments or appropriations

                   d) Appropriations where less than 50% of the
                       appropriated monies are utilized

Section 4

The committee will report back to the full Senate their findings and recommendations, no later than one calendar month following the passage of this resolution.

Section 5

Per Section 4, the Senate will take a vote on a bill following the recommendations of the committee once those recommendations have been debated.

Section 6

The President Pro Temp of the Senate will have full appointment, removal and reappointment power over the committee.

I hereby open debate on this resolution.

[Jake]

Put Naso on the committee

[Sam Spade]

Bumping for Senators to read and comment.

[Colin]

While I like the overall message of this bill and the attempts at cost cutting and waste reduction matters it seems to me that we should be debating, voting and spending our time on more valuable things. Electoral Reform, Tax Reform, a working Budget along with a bill or amendment stating the particulars of budgeting, and the creation of a Criminal Code. While this is a nice piece of legislation creating a commission of Senators will heavily impact our ability to bring much needed bills and amendments before the 6th Senate.

[Gabu]

While I like the overall message of this bill and the attempts at cost cutting and waste reduction matters it seems to me that we should be debating, voting and spending our time on more valuable things. Electoral Reform, Tax Reform, a working Budget along with a bill or amendment stating the particulars of budgeting, and the creation of a Criminal Code. While this is a nice piece of legislation creating a commission of Senators will heavily impact our ability to bring much needed bills and amendments before the 6th Senate.

As there would only be something like three senators working on this, it seems to me that it would not preclude doing something else.

[Sam Spade]

I see no reason why three senators can't work on this at the same time, combined with normal Senatorial affairs.

After all, I would hope that one of the main goals of this Senate, once we get through all of this old legislation, is to finally come up with a federal budget once and for all.  This will go in line with that process.

So, I'm bumping this up to see if any other Senators have comments on this or else I'm going to request a motion to bring a vote on this.

[12th Doctor]

I would like to ask the President Pro-Temp to please associate my name with the legislation.  Not that I want gable up all the credit or anything, but when election time comes, it might help to be able to prove that this was my resolution. 

[Sam Spade]

I would like to ask the President Pro-Temp to please associate my name with the legislation.  Not that I want gable up all the credit or anything, but when election time comes, it might help to be able to prove that this was my resolution. 

I have no problem with that at all, though I did give you a chance to reintroduce it. 

We can call it Senator Supersoulty's Stupendous Waste Reduction Resoultion. 

[Gabu]

I would like to ask the President Pro-Temp to please associate my name with the legislation.  Not that I want gable up all the credit or anything, but when election time comes, it might help to be able to prove that this was my resolution. 

Er... I'm not sure how I'd formally do that, but okay, your name is now officially associated with this legislation.

*stamps "SUPERSOULTY WROTE THIS" on the bill*

[12th Doctor]

I would like to ask the President Pro-Temp to please associate my name with the legislation.  Not that I want gable up all the credit or anything, but when election time comes, it might help to be able to prove that this was my resolution. 

Er... I'm not sure how I'd formally do that, but okay, your name is now officially associated with this legislation.

*stamps "SUPERSOULTY WROTE THIS" on the bill*

Thank you

[Gabu]

If there is no new debate on this within an hour, I'll start the voting.

[WMS]

Well, it's been more than an hour, but voting hasn't officially started.  Just in case...Aye.

[12th Doctor]

Aye

[Gabu]

Oops... okay, I hereby open voting.

All senators in favor, vote "aye"; all against, vote "nay".

I'll count the two votes already logged.

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Aye.

[Sam Spade]

Aye.

[MAS117]

aye

[Platypus]

aye

[Colin]

Aye

[Gabu]

This legislation now has enough votes to pass; senators now have twenty-four hours to change their votes.

[Nym90]

Aye

[Sam Spade]

It has now been over 48 hours since vote closed. 

[Gabu]

It has now been over 48 hours since vote closed. 

Whoa, whoops.  I guess this thing got kinda buried.  Mea culpa.  Sorry about that.

With eight votes in favor to none against, I hereby declare this resolution to have passed.

[12th Doctor]

It has been almost two Atlasian years since this bill was passed.  Almost twice as long as the bill resolution proposes.  Given our budget crisis, I don't believe this should be taken lightly.

What, if anything, has been accomplished by the comittee?

[King]

It has been almost two Atlasian years since this bill was passed.  Almost twice as long as the bill resolution proposes.  Given our budget crisis, I don't believe this should be taken lightly.

What, if anything, has been accomplished by the comittee?

What committee?

[Gabu]

It has been almost two Atlasian years since this bill was passed.  Almost twice as long as the bill resolution proposes.  Given our budget crisis, I don't believe this should be taken lightly.

What, if anything, has been accomplished by the comittee?

What committee?

I appointed Sam Spade, Colin Wixted, and Nym90 to this committee, but it appears that they have forgotten about it (and that Nym has retired).