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Senator Cris
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« on: November 03, 2015, 04:20:33 PM »
« edited: November 10, 2015, 08:43:43 AM by Speaker Cris »
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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 04:23:21 PM »
Seems like a pretty cut-and-dry bill but I would be interested to hear from Senator Truman on what inspired him to introduce this.
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2015, 11:27:16 PM »
Good wording change.
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2015, 11:55:12 PM »
As Barnes noted, this is a fairly straight-foward bill: it simply expands Section 8 of the CJ(R)A to include all federal officials, as opposed to just cabinet officers. The current text prohibits the impersonation of a cabinet officer but says nothing about other federal offices, meaning in effect that I could declare myself president tomorrow and there would be no way for anyone bring charges against me.

I discovered this hole a few weeks ago when Nagas was claiming to have been elected Pacific Senator. Hoping to forestall a drawn-out spamfest, I went digging through the CJ(R)A and found that there was no way to prosecute him (or anyone else) should he try to force his way into office. I'm not generally a lawsuit-happy kind of guy, but it makes little sense to have elections if anyone and everyone can seize power at will without suffering a penalty.
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2015, 03:48:22 PM »
     I agree with the reasoning provided by Senator Truman, and plan to vote for this bill.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2015, 12:23:52 AM »
I see nothing objectionable here.

I move for a final vote.
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2015, 03:20:45 AM »
Yes, nothing against it.

If there aren't objections, I'll open a final vote tomorrow.
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2015, 12:02:19 PM »
Yeah, let's get this passed. No objections.
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2015, 12:26:06 PM »
No objections here either. This was a change that frankly should have been added back in 2011 the last time this came up. I plan to be voting in favor.
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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2015, 03:14:47 PM »
A final vote is now open. Please vote.
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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2015, 03:15:08 PM »
Aye
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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2015, 03:15:59 PM »
AYE!
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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2015, 04:19:18 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2015, 04:45:49 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2015, 05:48:08 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2015, 06:36:33 PM »
Abstain.
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« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2015, 03:05:19 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2015, 08:37:04 AM »
This bill has enough votes to pass.
Senators have 24 hours to change or add their votes.
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« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2015, 12:43:26 PM »
     Aye
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« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2015, 08:43:06 AM »
The act passed.
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« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2015, 12:56:17 AM »
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