SENATE BILL: Pacific Deconstruction Resolution (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Tyrion, what are your plans at this point?

[President Tyrion]

I think we can give it a day, and move forward with the bill as written.

[DemPGH]

You guys can pass the original bill if you wish, and I would not mind if you did, but all we require is permission to form a merger. The Constitution forbids an "alliance" without Senate permission, but "alliance" would be open to interpretation because the Constitution does not define it. Look, a permission to form a merger or alliance at least would be an excellent trade-off to having the stimulus embraced on my end. So! We could approve the stimulus and then work for a merger. Everybody happy? Yes, I think so. It would be good to proceed that way, I think.

However, if you demand that the stimulus be accepted but then deny a merger / alliance request, it looks like you have a one-way street as opposed to a two-way street. You know?

[President Tyrion]

You guys can pass the original bill if you wish, and I would not mind if you did, but all we require is permission to form a merger. The Constitution forbids an "alliance" without Senate permission, but "alliance" would be open to interpretation because the Constitution does not define it. Look, a permission to form a merger or alliance at least would be an excellent trade-off to having the stimulus embraced on my end. So! We could approve the stimulus and then work for a merger. Everybody happy? Yes, I think so. It would be good to proceed that way, I think.

However, if you demand that the stimulus be accepted but then deny a merger / alliance request, it looks like you have a one-way street as opposed to a two-way street. You know?

We're pretty much doing exactly that. The amended version of the bill satisfies the vagaries of the constitution. Don't worry; I got your back.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well the day is over.

A final vote is now open on the underlying legislation, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[TNF]

AYE

[bore]

Aye

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Aye

I have some concerns about this, but they are outweighed by the fact that this is probably the closest we'll ever get to consolidation.  That said, replacing every region with a set of completely new, equally sliced-and-diced regions that in no way resemble any of the current ones would be the best approach (sadly, I don't see that happening ).

[Talleyrand]

AYE

[President Tyrion]

Aye

I enjoy how Labor has turned things on its head and is now very consistently voting early and all the time.

[tmthforu94]

Nay

[Goldwater]

NAY

[DC Al Fine]

Aye for similar reasons to Senator X.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Nay

I believe the proper way to go about this is for the regions to enter a preliminary agreement which is then approved by the Senate, rather than unconditional pre-approval.  Otherwise we should consider whether the constitutional clause on this issue has any point.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This bill has enough votes to pass, Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.


Since it won't affect the outcome, I am going to vote Nay to express concerns similar to those of shua's. Setting aside the pre-agreement/post-agreement but pre-implementation issue, I do think it is a mistake to not have placed some conditions on this.

So NAY

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Pacific Deconstruction Amendment:

Aye (6): bore, DC Al Fine, Mr. X, Talleyrand, TNF And TyriontheImperialist
Nay (4): Goldwater, NC Yankee, shua and Tmthforu94
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

With six votes in the affiramtive nad time having expired, the Resolution has passed the SEnate.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It does not appear that the President's signature is required for this. It just says "consent of the Senate".

[President Tyrion]

It does not appear that the President's signature is required for this. It just says "consent of the Senate".

Yeah, Duke isn't required for this.