Mideast Assembly Thread

[Talleyrand]

I officially nominate Inks for Speaker.  We may not always agree, but his knowledge of Mideastern Assembly procedure is second to none.

Thirded

Fourthed.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Seeing as there is unanimous support for Inks.LWC for Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent that nominations be closed, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Inks.LWC.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Seeing no objection, the motion has passed.  Inks.LWC is elected Speaker of the 27th Assembly.  We will now open the floor for legislation.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Wiki Senate Hearing Resolution
WHEREAS the wiki is severly lacking in updates, especially in the cagegories of statutes and court cases;
WHEREAS the regions depend on an updated wiki to pass and enforce their own laws;
THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mideast Assembly urges the the Senate to hold a hearing to determine what should be done to rectify the problem.

[Gass3268]

Repeal of the Mideast Abortion Statue II
1: The Mideast Abortion Statute II is hereby repealed.

[Gass3268]

Mideast Bag Tax
1: A tax of 5 cents shall be charged for every non-reusable bag provided to a shopper by a store

[tmthforu94]

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To some who have been around for a while, this should look familiar.

[tmthforu94]

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[Chancellor Tanterterg]

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I would strongly, strongly urge my fellow Assemblymen to vote against this bill.  With all due respect to the Governor, it would give his office too much power by almost guaranteeing that neither the left or the right would ever get a super-majority.  It would also make it much harder for moderates to get elected to the Senate.  Again, I would urge my friends in the Assembly to vote against this bill.

[tmthforu94]

Really? History disagrees with you. This is the same system that is used by other regional legislatures. Our Senate also uses it, and I can think of many, many moderates who have been elected because of it. This also isn't by any means a power grab - merely putting our region in line with the rest of Atlasia.

A super-majority is still very possible with this - I'll try and run through the November elections in my spare time, but I think you guys still would have the super majority with this system, so if you're concern here is losing it in January, don't fear, as your chances are about the same either way. But even still, I don't think a super-majority should be easy to attain regardless, and under the current system, if one side had five candidates running and were very crafty and strategic with voting, they could take all seats with just a bare majority. With PR-STV, such an un-democratic measure couldn't take place.

[tmthforu94]

This is a spin-off of a bill recently passed by the Northeast Assembly. The cost of the program will be two million dollars a year - this number was based off a projection by GM Shua.

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[Talleyrand]

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This will put our region's choice for Governor in the people's hands if a vacancy occurs.

[tmthforu94]

As it will likely fail at the federal level (This might be best at the regional level anyway), I introduce the following bill:

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I guess you could say this is on behalf of a constituent.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

As it will likely fail at the federal level (This might be best at the regional level anyway), I introduce the following bill:

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I guess you could say this is on behalf of a constituent.

I wholeheartedly support this bill

[Kitteh]

As it will likely fail at the federal level (This might be best at the regional level anyway), I introduce the following bill:

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I guess you could say this is on behalf of a constituent.

I wholeheartedly support this bill

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Please keep debate and support for bills to their respective threads.  Thank you.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Directive to Regional Offices on the Status of Texas
WHEREAS Article IV, Section 2.2 of the Third Atlasian Constitution states, "The consent of the Senate is required for any change in Region boundaries."
WHEREAS Article IV, Section 2.3 of the Third Atlasian Constitution states, "The consent of the Regions being changed is required."
WHEREAS Texas has seceded from the Midwest to form a separate region without the consent of the Imperial Dominion of the South nor the Senate

BE IT RESOLVED that all offices of the Mideast and all government officials acting in their official capacity do not recognize the secession of Texas as legal, and are hereby directed to recognize Texas as a member of the Imperial Dominion of the South.

[Gass3268]

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

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[tmthforu94]

I'm going to craft legislation that deals with how a veto is handled - I like the idea of doing it how the federal government does where folks vote on the President's amendment first, then vote on the override.

[Gass3268]

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[tmthforu94]

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This is something I brought up with Gass earlier through PM. I'm currently not 100% convinced about it, but would like to see some healthy discussion on it, as would Assemblyman Gass.

[tmthforu94]

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[Chancellor Tanterterg]

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Since there is still not a thread for this bill, I'll just say here that this bill has my enthusiastic support.

[Talleyrand]

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Article I, Section 4 of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to read:

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Article I of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to include the subsequent Section 5, Section 6, and Section 7:

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Article II, Section 2 of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to read:

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Article III, Section 1 of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to read:

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Article III, Section 2 of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to read:

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Article IV, Section 1 of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to read:

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Article VI, Section 1 of the Mideast Constitution is hereby amended to read:

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All subsections of the Mideast Constitution (i.e. Part 1 of Article III, Section 5) not modified by this Act shall remain intact. [/quote]

My cosponsor is Mr. X.