Mideast Assembly Thread

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

The 36th Session of the Mideast Assembly is now called to order.  We will now take nominations for Speaker of the Assembly for the next 48 hours.

[PPT Spiral]

I nominate Inks for Speaker.

[ZuWo]

I nominate Inks for Speaker.

I second the nomination.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I accept the nomination.

Seeing no other nominations, I ask unanimous consent that Inks.LWC be elected Speaker.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Seeing no objection, the motion carries, and Inks.LWC is elected Speaker.

Legislation may now be introduced.

[Potus]

I would like to explore the possibility of opening up a session on the budget to address spending and taxes. Inks has pointed out to me in the past the difficulty of adjusting taxes and spending levels outside the context of a budget.

Perhaps a Special Budget or something of the sort? It would provide the framework for the goals of tax reform and spending reduction. I'll be happy to work with the Assembly on getting this done.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

We'll be doing the normal budget this session anyway. If you have something in mind, feel free to introduce it. Otherwise, i'll try to get it up this weekend with changes from last year.

[Potus]

I'll reintroduce foster care reform tomorrow morning with revisions to address the wording issues you pointed out. I'd like to get foster care reform through relatively quickly, since the opposition was mostly grounded in the wording and in the lack of a GM estimate, which isn't happening anymore. We can get it through and then bring up the budget to address taxes and spending.

[ZuWo]

The Public Referenda Amendment

Article III, Section II, Clause VI of the Mideast Constitution shall be amended to read:

Should the Assembly pass legislation, and that legislation becomes law, and a group of 6 or more citizens publicly protest the measure in either the Mideast Assembly or a separate thread, a public referendum shall be held on that legislation. All public referendums shall come to a full vote of the citizens of the Mideast in a special Voting Booth to be administered in accordance with Article IV of this Constitution. Voting shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 48 hours after beginning.

[Potus]

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[Potus]

We need to make a change. What would you all say to expanding the number of people who can bring legislation for consideration?

We obviously aren't dealing with clogging issues. I say we change the rules to just allow legislators to start a thread for their bill. The speaker can control voting within those threads but Assemblyman do not have to wait on the speaker to get their bill considered.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

We need to make a change. What would you all say to expanding the number of people who can bring legislation for consideration?

We obviously aren't dealing with clogging issues. I say we change the rules to just allow legislators to start a thread for their bill. The speaker can control voting within those threads but Assemblyman do not have to wait on the speaker to get their bill considered.

But then the Speaker can't change the title, and people miss votes. Sorry I missed your bill, but all you had to do was send a PM....

[Potus]

No, no, no. I'm not blaming you or anyone. I just think it'll gin up more activity if we let people directly post bills to the floor. I think that will add some much-needed activity to the region. This isn't about you, Inks. It's not about anyone in particular. It's about the region.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

No, no, no. I'm not blaming you or anyone. I just think it'll gin up more activity if we let people directly post bills to the floor. I think that will add some much-needed activity to the region. This isn't about you, Inks. It's not about anyone in particular. It's about the region.

Again, the problem with that becomes difficulty in notifying people of the status of the bill. There's no need for this change, and it would only complicate things.

[PPT Spiral]

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[Potus]

Writing a budget this evening. We'll have it ready to debate tomorrow.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'll have all bills up this evening.

[Potus]

Note: Italicized figures are numbers carried over from last year that need to be reviewed as a result of the changes made at the end of the line.

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I'd love to have some input on this. It's budget positive, as far as we can know. It will cause an economic boom, an explosion of job growth and company formation, and makes life easier on everyone. The budget reduces the size of government 27.3% while simultaneously paying off more of our debt and lowering taxes.

[Potus]

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[Potus]

I would like to have a quorum call of the seated Assemblyman.

[Cassius]

I'm here.

[TJ in Oregon]

Normally we begin by taking nominations for Speaker, which we could do, although without a third of the assembly the options are a tad constrained

If either of the two Assemblymen we do have wishes to make a nomination anyway, we can get started. Otherwise we need to wait for the outcome of the court case.

[PPT Spiral]

I am here as well. We should wait for the lawsuit matter to be resolved before we advance with selecting a Speaker for the sake of fairness.