Senate Protest and Analysis Thread

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Hope Yankee's doing alright.

I'm just fan fingtastic, nothing but ice cream and gum drops over here...

Comedy aside, I have been better to be sure. Having multiple computers is wonderfull until you run into problems with getting their owners to cooperate with you, even when they are allegedly family and live in the same house.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I believe we need to have an election to fill the vacancy in the Judiciary... It would be nice to have three members.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am getting pushed up against that 10:00 PM time again, so it may get pushed until after midnight.

Would it be wise to wait until after the Special Election or no?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I would prefer to do it sooner than that, only because it's really tough to run a legitimate committee with only two people. I could get things going again right away, but what weight will an endorsement from the Judiciary really have if it's just a summary of two people's votes?

Maybe I'll shift focus to have us work with the AG...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators, since I am sure that they have been appended to other bills, would the sponsors consider withdrawing the Labor Rights Act and the DoEA Atkins Act?

Thank You!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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I am Senator in a party, whose chairman is being appointed to a cabinet position and is currently deeply embattled, by a President of the same said party who is also in dire straits at present over the same issue and also has appointed someone else to an entirely different position that is knocking on heaven's door as well for activity reasons. So the best thing possible for me to do to help them as that party's only Senator, is to introduce an executive power grab that would eliminate the need for confirmation hearings? What a brilliant strategy.

Not to mention that it is a horrible policy that BK would be waved into the AG's office, considering he is about to set a record for unanimous rejection vote, the same way he set a record for voting for his own expulsion last fall.

When I first ran for the Senate, there was a former President who got waved through, took offense that someone dared ask him about, you know, doing his job. Then he did nothing, except try to seize control of the gov't. We need tougher, more hard core confirmation hearings, with kickass questions. We should be water boarding those SOB's every time they dare ask us for their trust to serve in a cabinet capacity.

[Napoleon]

No party chairman has been nominated for a Cabinet position Mr. PPT.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

No party chairman has been nominated for a Cabinet position Mr. PPT.

I thought Griffin was Labor Chairman. Or are you considering the GM as seperate from the cabinet here?

I was speaking from Snowstalkers perspective in a sarcastic fashion to illustrate the counterproductive effect of his amendment being offered at this point in time. It doesn't have to match the situation 100% to the details to accomplish, because I am not Snowstalker nor am I labor. The point I was making is that he is undermining his own party's nominee and Presidnet with the Amendment.

[Napoleon]

No party chairman has been nominated for a Cabinet position Mr. PPT.

I thought Griffin was Labor Chairman.

I was speaking from Snowstalkers perspective in a sarcastic fashion to illustrate the counterproductive effect of his amendment being offered at this point in time.

Gm is not a cabinet position and would be unaffected by the proposed amendment.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

No party chairman has been nominated for a Cabinet position Mr. PPT.

I thought Griffin was Labor Chairman.

I was speaking from Snowstalkers perspective in a sarcastic fashion to illustrate the counterproductive effect of his amendment being offered at this point in time.

Gm is not a cabinet position and would be unaffected by the proposed amendment.

He is still restricting Senate oversight over a large number of appointees at a time when several are questionable and thus illustrating the importance of what he is removing.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

But since we are being overly technical, I am not the PPT at present, just so you know.

[Donerail]

Is there any way to declare legislation clearly frivolous and dilatory before it reaches the floor? Snowstalker's legislation about reliving his Call of Duty fantasies about blasting Germans notwithstanding, the legislation is clearly pointless, frivolous, and stupid and I'd really prefer the Senate not waste its time with such matters.

[Marokai Backbeat]

The PPT does indeed have that power, yes.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I third Joyce's call.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

All I wanted was a reaction.

[Oakvale]

We should formally censure Senator Snowstalker for the above fiasco.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Naw I don't reckon I will. If he wants to pursue a debate over destroying checks and balances I feel obligated to bring it to the floor as long as:

1. The amendment is functional in that it achieves his desired objective.
2. Is not frivolous (I hardly call destroying democracy a frivolous matter).
3. It is not Unconstitutional (It can't be for obvious reasons).

To do otherwise would require me to abuse this power based of personal bias and I won't be one to do that.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Oh, you meant the War thing. Yea that is nuts.

[Oakvale]

As elaborated on in my office thread, I have some real life issues I need to attend to, and will be taking a leave of absence from Senate duties for one week. I'd particularly like to apologise for the damage this may do to the Judiciary Committee, but things are kind of rough at the moment - I won't go into it but suffice to say I don't have the energy or time to commit to the task at hand right now.

If after a week things have not settled down I will be resigning as Senator.

[Poirot]

I have a question on the ratification decentralization amendment. At first I read it as a regional legislature had to choose one method.

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I took it as choosing one option and sticking to it for every amendment. It could also be the legislature chooses one option every time an amendment comes up depending on the topic. (the first time they choose legilsature vote, second time public vote, third time public vote, fourth legislature vote). That could slow the processus of ratification if the legislature makes a choice every time there is an amendment or if the legislature is inactive.

Is it correct the regional legislatures can choose the method of ratification case by case or can make a formal choice of method if they wish.

I was also wondering if the regions have total control on determining the requirements for passage, like simple majority or a super majority, or even rules like a majority of voters registered by the three main parties in the region. 

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I have a question on the ratification decentralization amendment. At first I read it as a regional legislature had to choose one method.

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I took it as choosing one option and sticking to it for every amendment. It could also be the legislature chooses one option every time an amendment comes up depending on the topic. (the first time they choose legilsature vote, second time public vote, third time public vote, fourth legislature vote). That could slow the processus of ratification if the legislature makes a choice every time there is an amendment or if the legislature is inactive.

Is it correct the regional legislatures can choose the method of ratification case by case or can make a formal choice of method if they wish.

I was also wondering if the regions have total control on determining the requirements for passage, like simple majority or a super majority, or even rules like a majority of voters registered by the three main parties in the region. 

I didn't sponsor the amendment, but I think your interpretation is correct.  Regions should have full autonomy on the ratification process, whether it's case by case or standardized for all amendment votes.

[Poirot]

Thank you for making the effort of replying even if you were not someone at the federal level  proposing or voting on the matter.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Does anybody know if Atlasia has established an official retirement plan for seniors, or is that already covered by the Social Security Act, the basics of which I assume resemble the real life version's?

[Napoleon]

Does anybody know if Atlasia has established an official retirement plan for seniors, or is that already covered by the Social Security Act, the basics of which I assume resemble the real life version's?

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Comprehensive_Social_Security_Reform_Act

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Thanks, Napoleon.

Another question (which I tried asking Snowguy, but his thread hasn't been updated since early March, so I doubt he'll see it...): What percentage of rural communities in Atlasia are without modern electricity sources?  Nothing on the wiki seems to indicate that we have a TVA or something like that.