SENATE BILL: The Public means Public Act (Redraft Law'd)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Scott was working on a proposal to do that in the IDS. Not sure if the other regions have addressed it yet or are going to.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What does the PAcific have?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Too early to declare the amendment passed.


Should we cover the whole the cost or a percentage thereof? I would prefer the latter, because certainly the Regions can be expected to cover some percentage if the NE and probably the IDS (haven't checked recently to see what the status of that is, just too much going on) are looking to cover all of it already.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well, what about my question?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So maybe $20 billion grants? That is still a large sum of money and would probably need a funding stream of some kind.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

$5 billion?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I object, on the grounds that I would worry about the wording of the last clause being constitutional.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The best way to do it would be to condition the assistance on the presence of such a plan being in place. If you don't have such a plan, you won't get the money. And of course that will ensure the money isn't diverted or wasted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

That is 60:74 by bore, Cincy.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Boo, hiss!

Ease up there.

Though probably I should say nothing and let PiT have some fun.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am so tired right now my head is spinning.

Basically it is the seat belt thing. The Feds cannot force them to do, but they can cut the highway money. Same thing for speed limit and I think drinking age.

So in short the word obligated is the problem.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

At least I think so because again, I am rather impaired right now.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

bore you still with us here?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It would be better to include that as clause 1 or even as a mission statement.

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You get the Regions moving and it comes down to basically strength of the incentive.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

NAY

Vote on Amendment 60:74 by bore:

Aye (0):
Nay (6): Alfred F. Jones, bore, Goldwater, NC Yankee, shua and TyrionthEImperialist
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (4): DC al Fine, Lumine, Talleyrand and TNF

The amendment has been rejected.

This is why I distinguish between actual amendments, and texts posited for discussion. Now imagine this vote having taken five days and you see the practicality of such.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This amendment  can be declared passed.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Amendment 60:83 has been adopted.

This amendment  can be declared passed.

Hey, hey, hey.  I'm not here Friday night and you'd think I'm letting this place fall apart.  No faith

...Saturday wait, Sunday always comes too late, but Friday never hessitate...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Would I be right in saying that the panhandling section is going to be a stumbling block?

I am not particularly fond of it.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Depending on how long it takes to resolve this amendment, I might have one to offer on Section 1 afterwards.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye, but I get the feeling that goldwater's and adam's amendments are functionally the same thing.

I get that sense as well.

ABSTAIN for now.

Part of me wants to vote nay and work out another compromise but I'd need some convincing that there is Constitutional authority for either Section 1 or Section 3 in terms of the Senate limiting the regions ability to legislate on this matter.

My section 1 amendment would have limited the provisions to just the Federal laws relevant to the situation.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Griffin your amendment amends a section that no longer exists. You can restore it and add your new text to it at the same time, but your amendment needs to be revised to idnicate that (basically bold the whole section) I think.