SB 2017-111: Antineutrino-Simossad Affordable Housing Act of 2017 (Passed)

[1978 New Wave skinny trousers]

I'll sponsor it.

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I will co-sponsor it with Senator Wallace.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the sponsorships of Henry Wallace and R2D2.

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Without objection, Senators Henry Wallace and R2D2 are now the sponsors.

Now, finally, we will need sponsor feedback on PiT's amendment.

     It's not perfect, but here's something to get the ball rolling on the Section 4 problem. I propose an amendment to add a Section 4, Clause 2:

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     Subsequent clauses of Section 4 are accordingly renumbered.

[1978 New Wave skinny trousers]

Senator PiT's amendment is friendly.

[PPT Spiral]

I support the bill as it stands. Rent control isn't an absolute bad the way some very smart people who take Econ 101 think, and the legislation is straightforward.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the amendment.

I think we'll put this to a final vote soon.

[Anna Komnene]

Is there any particular reason why the RERP program should be for "Natural citizens" only? Thereby seemingly excluding naturalized citizens, permanent residents, and other immigrants living in Atlasia?

[Anna Komnene]

I'll introduce an amendment:

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Hearing no objection, the amendment is adopted.

Feedback for Siren's amendment?

[Modernity has failed us]

The amendment is friendly, and I support the premise of allowing access to affordable housing to immigrants.

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Sponsor Feedback: Friendly
Status: Adopted

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Hearing no objection, the amendment is adopted.

[PPT Spiral]

I didn't respond earlier in time, but I object to Senator Siren's amendment on account of "individuals" being too broad of a descriptor. It can potentially create a free rider problem where people are encouraged to come or stay illegally to take advantage of our housing program. I'll offer this new amendment:

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I put "legal alien" to account for non-citizens with legal status such as permanent residents and student visa-holders, who still need housing like the rest of us. There's a good case to be made that "citizen" alone is too strict, so I hope this would be an acceptable compromise.

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Sponsor Feedback: Hostile
Status: Voting on amendment

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Sponsor feedback?

[1978 New Wave skinny trousers]

I am unsure about this amendment. In some ways, it reminds me of California Proposition 187, an awful policy which denied services to undocumented immigrants in California. However, it may actually be standard operating procedure to only allow legal aliens to be involved in housing distributive programs; I simply don't know enough about housing policy. I feel that it would be beneficial for the Senate to vote on this amendment. That is why I have decided that Senator Spiral's amendment is unfriendly.

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The Senate will move to a vote on amendment S8:06.  Senators, please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

After giving this amendment some thought, I vote nay.  I tend to take a more conservative stance on immigration where unskilled labor is concerned, but undocumented migrants still need housing like everybody else does, and I cannot see any clear economic benefits to adopting this rule.

[PPT Spiral]

Aye

[ZuWo]

Aye

[Anna Komnene]

I went back and forth on this one quite a bit but I'm going to vote Nay. I feel like it's more about keeping rent reasonable and reviving communities and that including more people in the program helps with that goal. Ideally with the immigration reform on the books, we'll be seeing a significant decline in undocumented migrants.

[1978 New Wave skinny trousers]

After thinking about this for awhile and after seeing the arguments made by other Senators, I have decided to vote NAY.

[Modernity has failed us]

Nay

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With 2 ayes and 4 nays, Senator Spiral's amendment fails.

We should get a final vote on this soon. Feels like we've been debating this for an eternity. I'll open one up tonight.