Legislation Introduction Thread

[Sam Spade]

Continuation of Article 3 and Procedural Resolution...

7.   Clauses 2-5 of Section 2 of this Article and all Sections and all Clauses of Articles 4 and 5 must apply to all reintroduced legislation.

Article 4:  Rules on Senate Debate and Amendment(s) to Legislation[/b]

Section 1:  Rules on Senate Debate

1.   After a piece of legislation is introduced on the Senate floor, debate shall begin immediately.  The PPT must give the legislation an amount of debate time no less than seventy-two (72) hours.

2.   If debate on the legislation under consideration has halted for longer than twenty-four (24) hours and the amount of debate time that the legislation has been given exceeds seventy-two (72) hours, any senator shall be able to call for a motion for a vote on said legislation.

3.   Debate shall proceed after the first seventy-two (72) hours as long as a senator is posting on the thread which details the legislation under consideration, provided intervals between different speeches are no longer than twenty-four (24) hours.

4.   If five (5) days have passed since the opening of the debate, and no Amendment(s) have been proposed for debate or are being presently voted on, a motion with the concurrence of a two-thirds (2/3) majority of senators shall end the debate and the PPT shall call a vote on the legislation under consideration. 

5.  After a motion under the guidelines set in Clause 4 of this Section has been made, no Amendment(s) to the legislation under consideration can be introduced unless said motion is rejected by the Senate.

Section 2:  Rules on Introduction of Amendment(s)

1.   At any time during the debate of a piece of legislation under consideration on the Senate floor, a senator may propose an Amendment(s) to said legislation.

2.   If two (2) or more Amendments are contained within a single post by any Senator, the debate time for such a proposal shall be the same as it would for a single Amendment.  If two (2) or more Amendments are contained within two or more separate posts, each post shall be treated as a separate Amendment, with debate time allocated for each single post being concurrent with the provisions for each single Amendment in Section 3 of this Article.

3.        No more than three (3) Amendments may be proposed or in proposal for debate time on the Senate floor by any one Senator at any given time.

4.   If the PPT determines that an Amendment(s) is functionally impractical, frivolous, or is directly unconstitutional, he may, in a public post on the debate thread, remove said Amendment(s) from consideration.  The Senator who introduced the Amendment(s) shall have twenty-four (24) hours to challenge this action, and with the concurrence of one-third (1/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative (excluding the PPT), may override the actions of the PPT.

5.   If the PPT determines that an Amendment(s) addresses two or more divorced subjects, he may, in a public post on the debate thread, remove said Amendment(s) from consideration, strike any Sections from said Amendment that deal with unrelated subjects, or split said Amendment(s) into multiple Amendment(s) which deal with only one subject individually.  If the PPT chooses to break such an Amendment(s) into multiple Amendments, the debate time for such an action shall be the same as it would for a single Amendment.  The sponsoring Senator of the legislation shall have twenty-four (24) hours to challenge this action in a public post, and with the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of office-holding Senators in the affirmative (excluding the PPT), may override the actions of the PPT.

Section 3:  Rules on Senate Debate of Amendment(s)

1.   After an Amendment(s) is proposed, the PPT must give the Amendment(s) an amount of debate time no less than twenty-four (24) hours.

2.   If debate on the Amendment(s) under consideration has halted for longer than twenty-four (24) hours during this timeframe, any senator shall be able to call for a motion to vote on said legislation.

3.   If three (3) days have passed since the opening of the debate on the Amendment(s) under consideration, a motion with the concurrence of a majority of senators shall end the debate and the PPT shall call a vote on said Amendment(s).

Section 4:  Rules for Voting on Amendment(s) and the Changing of Votes

1.   Once a motion has been passed to bring the Amendment(s) under consideration to a vote, per Clauses 2 or 3 of Section 3 of this article, the PPT shall open a vote on said Amendment(s).  This vote shall last for a maximum of five (5) days during which time the Senators must vote.  Voting may be declared final at any time if a majority of office-holding Senators has approved or rejected said Amendment(s).  Any and all Senators who do not vote will be considered to have abstained.

2.   If needed, an injunction may be brought by a Senator to keep voting on the Amendment(s) under consideration open for another twenty-four (24) hours after which time the voting shall close.  This injunction must be seconded by another Senator.

3.   Until an Amendment(s) under consideration has garnered enough votes to pass or fail, no Senator shall be prohibited from changing his or her vote on the legislation.  Once said Amendment(s) has garnered enough votes to pass or fail, all Senators who have voted will be prohibited from changing their votes.

Article 5:  Rules for Voting on Legislation, Changing of Votes and Veto Overrides[/b]

Section 1:  Rules for Voting on Legislation

1.   Once a motion has been passed to bring the legislation under consideration to a vote, per Article 4, Section 1, Clauses 2 or 4, the PPT shall open a vote on said legislation.  This vote shall last for a maximum of seven (7) days during which time the Senators must vote.  Any and all Senators who do not vote will be considered to have abstained.

2.   If needed, an injunction may be brought by a Senator to keep voting on the legislation under consideration open for another seventy-two (72) hours after which time the voting shall close.  This injunction must be seconded by another Senator.

Section 2:  Rules on the Changing of Votes

1.   Until a piece of legislation under consideration has garnered enough votes either to pass or fail, no Senator shall be prohibited from changing his or her vote on the legislation.

2.   Following the garnering of enough votes to either pass or fail, the PPT shall announce this fact publicly on the debate/voting thread.  All Senators shall have a period of time lasting twenty-four (24) hours after this announcement during which they shall not be prohibited from changing their votes on the legislation.

3.   Following the expiration of this twenty-four (24) hour time period, the PPT shall publicly declare the vote total to be final and shall apply said vote total to the legislation. All Senators shall be prohibited from changing their votes on the legislation after this time.

Section 3:  Rules on Veto Overrides

1.   If a piece of legislation is vetoed by the President, the sponsor of the bill must let the PPT know publicly on the Senate floor within 72 hours of the veto being placed whether he wishes to have a vote to override the veto.  If he replies in the negative or fails to reply within the given time, the legislation will be withdrawn from the Senate floor.

2.   Extensions to this time period may only be allowed by the PPT in case of a publicly announced absence from the forum.

3.   Sections 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply in full to voting on a Veto Override, with this exception:

For the purposes of a Veto Override only, any Senator who Abstains from voting shall be counted as a vote Against the legislation under consideration.

Article 6:  Rules on Presidential Nominations[/b]

Section 1:  General Statements on Nominees

1.  From time to time, various nominations may be made by the President requiring the advice and consent of the Senate for approval. 

2.  These nominations may be brought to the floor of the Senate immediately by the PPT and may skip the processes dealing with Legislation Introduction, as so laid out in Article 3 of this Resolution.

3.  Nominees under consideration specifically do not count towards the restrictions laid out towards in Article 3, Section 2, Clause 2 in limiting the amount of legislation on the Senate floor at one time.

[Sam Spade]

Continuation of Article 6 and Procedural Resolution...

Section 2:  Rules on Senate Debate of Nominees

1.  For each Presidential nomination, the PPT must give each Nominee under consideration an amount of debate and question time in front of the Senate of no less than twenty-four (24) hours and no greater than seventy-two (72) hours.

2.  If debate and questions with regards to the Nominee under consideration has halted for longer than twenty-four (24) hours, any Senator may call for a motion to vote on the presumptive Nominee.

3.  After seventy-two (72) hours time, debate and question time shall cease, and the PPT must call for a vote on the Nominee under consideration.

4.   If needed, an injunction may be brought by a Senator to keep debate and question time on the Nominee under consideration open for another forty-eight (48) hours, after which time the debate and question time shall end for good and a vote shall be called.  This injunction must be seconded by another Senator.

Section 3:  Rules for Voting on Nominees and the Changing of Votes

1.   Once a motion has been brought to bring the Nominee under consideration to a vote or debate and question time has publicly ended, the PPT shall open a vote on said Nominee.  This vote shall last for a maximum of five (5) days during which time the Senators must vote.  Any and all Senators who do not vote will be considered to have abstained.

2.   If needed, an injunction may be brought by a Senator to keep voting on the Nominee under consideration open for another twenty-four (24) hours after which time the voting shall close.  This injunction must be seconded by another Senator.

3.   Until a Nominee under consideration has garnered enough votes to pass or fail, no Senator shall be prohibited from changing his or her vote on the Nominee.  Once said Nominee has garnered enough votes to pass or fail, all Senators who have voted will be prohibited from changing their votes.

Article 7:  Rules on the Overriding of Sections of this Procedural Resolution[/b]

1.  Only the PPT and the President of the Senate, acting in unison publicly on the Senate floor, can override these specific provisions (stated below) in this Procedural Resolution:
a.   Article 3, Section 2, Clauses 1 through 6
b.   Article 3, Section 3, Clauses 4 and 6
c.     Article 4, Section 1, Clause 1
d.   Article 4, Section 3, Clause 1
e.  Article 6, Section 2, Clause 1
   
2.   Any Senator shall have seventy-two (72) hours from such a public statement by the PPT and the President of the Senate to call for a resolution in the Senate to overrule the PPT and the President of the Senate in the use of powers designated by Clause 1 of this Article, if any Senator considers their decision to be on infringement of the intention of this resolution.

3.  If this resolution passes by a two-thirds (2/3) vote in the affirmative (excluding the PPT), this joint action by the PPT and the President of the Senate shall be overruled.

4.   If the PPT or the President of the Senate has publicly announced absence from the Senate or is absent from the Atlas Forum in general for a period longer than seven (7) days, then the powers provided by Clause 1 of this Article may be applied by the PPT or the President of the Senate in conjunction a simple majority vote in approval by the Senate at large.

5.     The purpose of this Article is to provide for situations where a particular piece of legislation is of utmost National importance and requires an immediate debate and vote by the Senate at the soonest possible instance.  It is also designed to provide some checks and balances to the power of the PPT and/or the President of the Senate in the realm of Legislation Introduction and debate.

Article 8:  Repealed Legislation[/b]

The following Procedural Resolutions and Sections thereof, are hereby repealed:

1.   The First Senate Procedural Resolution is repealed in full.

2.   The Second Senate Procedural Resolution is repealed in full.

3.   The Senate Procedural Resolution of Multiple Issue Bills is repealed in full.

4.   The Senate Procedural Resolution on Legislation Introduction is repealed in full.

5.   The Senate Procedural Resolution on the Changing of Votes is repealed in full.

[Sam Spade]

Making sure I get some of these to the top of the list.   

This one was primarily worked out by Lt. Gov. WiseGuy, but I did some modifications, as well as some nice legal sounding jargon, so here it is.

Atlasian Registration System Reform Bill[/b]

Purpose of the Legislation

The purpose of this legislation is to renovate the antiquated Atlasian registration system in order to handle new problems and challenges.

Section One – Political Party Registration

1.   Anyone with the legally required number of posts as specified by activity requirements so laid by the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, may register to vote in Atlasian Federal Elections in a Registration thread maintained by the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA), but may not affiliate with any Political Party or register officially as an Independent.

2.   Upon registration as a citizen in Atlasia, the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA) shall provide the new registrant with an information packet on the Political Parties in Atlasia sent in a Private Message to said new registrant, along with advising said new registrant of the option of registering Independent from all Political Parties.  A reasonable amount of time for fulfilling such a request should be no greater than seventy-two (72) hours or three (3) days since said new registrant officially registered to vote, unless all parties involved in this process have publicly declared their absence from the forum for a given period of time.

3.   If there has been no publicly declared absence from the parties involved and the new registrant has not received a Private Message within three (3) days of his registration, said new registrant may file a Complaint in Federal Court against the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA).  All defendants named by this Complaint may be subject to legal action pursuant to the relevant clauses in federal Criminal Law legislation so passed by the Senate.

4.   After the new registrant has received a Private Message with an information packet on the Political Parties in Atlasia from the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA), he/she shall contact whomever provided the initial information and notify them of their chosen Political Party affiliation or whether he/she wishes to remain Independent from Political Party affiliation.  Until this contact has occurred, said new registrant shall remain Unaffliated or Independent from Political Party affiliation.

5.   After the new registrant has chosen a Political Party affiliation or has chosen to remain Independent from Political Party affiliation, said new registrant shall be allowed to switch Political Party affiliations or choose to become Independent from Political Party affiliation at any time without following the steps laid out in Clauses 1 through 4 of this Section.  Affiliation changes may only be allowed by public post in the Registration thread maintained by the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA).

Section Two – Information Packets on Political Parties

1.   Each Political Party of over 5 registered citizens shall be required to create an information packet to show to all new registrants.  Each Political Party of 5 registered citizens or under shall not be required to create an information package to show to all new registrants, but is strongly advised to do so. 

2.   The Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA) maintains the right at all times to exclude information on Political Parties in Atlasia who have not provided information packets on their Political Party from any and all new registrants.

3.   Information packets should include, but may not be limited to the following:

a.   Contact information for all National and Regional Chairmen, as well as any respected individuals within said Party.
b.   Links to the present Platform of the Party.
c.   Links to the Party Website and Forum. (if applicable)
d.   A short simple statement describing the Party’s goals and its ideals.

4.   Those Independent of Political Party affiliation may also create an information packet to show to all new registrants, but only one “Independent” information packet will be shown to new registrants along with the required advising of said new member of the option of remaining Independent.

5.   If there are more multiple information packet from those Independent of Political Party affliliation, the Secretary of Forum Affairs (SoFA) or the Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs (DSoFA) maintains the right to choose which information packet he/she believes best represents those Independent of Political Party affiliation.

Section Three – Legal Parameters

This legislation shall go into effect after the conclusion of the next scheduled Federal Election following its passage into law.  All citizens legally registered to vote before this date will not be subject to the above-stated requirements.  If a citizen loses his voter registration per the activity laws so legislated by the Senate after said legislation has gone into effect, said citizen will be required to fulfill the requirements of said legislation.

[Sam Spade]

Saving Social Security Act of 2005

Section I
People making more than $100,000 annually in pensions or all married or unioned partners making more than $150,000 annually will be phased off of Social Security at the rate of 2% annually until benefits have been cut by 10%.

Section II
People making more than $150,000 annually in pensions or all married or unioned partners making more than $235,000 annually will be phased off of Social Security at the rate of 5% annually until benefits have been cut by 25%.

Section III
Federal Capital Gains taxes for those who earn less than $150,000 or all married or unioned partners making more than $225,000  annually are cut by 25%.  Federal  Dividend taxes for those who earn less than $150,000 or all married or unioned partners making more than $200,000 are cut by 40%. 

Section IV
The income and worth numbers used in this bill will be adjusted for inflation annually, based on the CPI.

Section V
Pay-ins to Social Security will be reduced by 1% for all people making less than $125,000 annually.

Section VI
Pay-ins to Social Security will be increased 2% for all people making more than $300,000 annually.

Section VII
Sections I, II, III, IV, V, and VI come into effect imediately

Section IIX
This bill will save the U.S. government an average $98 Billion annually averaged over 20 years

Section IX
$18 Billion per year of the savings  will be in a protected account for Social Security overdraws. This account may only be touched for that purpose or in case of National Emergency.  This will come into effect FYI 2005

I would like to motion that this bill be broken into two separate parts, since sections I, II, V, and VI deal with Social Security taxes, whereas section III deals with Capital Gains taxes and therefore violates the Procedural Resolution on multiple issue bills.

[Sam Spade]

Saving Social Security Act of 2005

Section I
People making more than $100,000 annually in pensions or all married or unioned partners making more than $150,000 annually will be phased off of Social Security at the rate of 2% annually until benefits have been cut by 10%.

Section II
People making more than $150,000 annually in pensions or all married or unioned partners making more than $235,000 annually will be phased off of Social Security at the rate of 5% annually until benefits have been cut by 25%.

Section III
Federal Capital Gains taxes for those who earn less than $150,000 or all married or unioned partners making more than $225,000  annually are cut by 25%.  Federal  Dividend taxes for those who earn less than $150,000 or all married or unioned partners making more than $200,000 are cut by 40%. 

Section IV
The income and worth numbers used in this bill will be adjusted for inflation annually, based on the CPI.

Section V
Pay-ins to Social Security will be reduced by 1% for all people making less than $125,000 annually.

Section VI
Pay-ins to Social Security will be increased 2% for all people making more than $300,000 annually.

Section VII
Sections I, II, III, IV, V, and VI come into effect imediately

Section IIX
This bill will save the U.S. government an average $98 Billion annually averaged over 20 years

Section IX
$18 Billion per year of the savings  will be in a protected account for Social Security overdraws. This account may only be touched for that purpose or in case of National Emergency.  This will come into effect FYI 2005

I would like to motion that this bill be broken into two separate parts, since sections I, II, V, and VI deal with Social Security taxes, whereas section III deals with Capital Gains taxes and therefore violates the Procedural Resolution on multiple issue bills.

It is a related issue, very much so.  I would hate to see this bill pass without the cuts in capital gains and divident taxes.  The point of the tax breaks are to allow for people who need it to be able to make a bit more money off stocks as they will be slightly phased off of social security.

I understand the rationale behind it, Preston. 

I'm just functionally motioning for a PPT decision when we get a PPT, because it's an issue that could well come up later when we're debating the bill.

Regardless of what I think though, it is the PPT's decision and his alone.

[Sam Spade]

The Repeal of the ANWR Drilling Authorization Bill

Primary Sponsor: Senator MAS117

1.) The entirety of the ANWR Drilling Authorization Bill is hereby repealed.

2.) All appropriations and other moneys set to be authorized for fulfillment of this legislation in the Preliminary Version of the Federal Budget for FY 2006 and all future Fiscal Years shall be terminated.

Do you really think the almost Senate that passed this will repeal it? I don't think so.

MAS is just being obstinate. 

Btw, MAS, your Clause 2 is really pointless.  There are no moneys being appropriated by my legislation, at least as not of yet unless someone writes a proposal to spend the money on clean energy legislation.   

There are only revenues being gained by the government.  These revenues will need to be subtracted, that's all.

[Sam Spade]

Candidacy Declaration Bill[/u]

Primary Sponsor:[/b] Senator MAS117

The Senate notes that:

1. Under Article I, Section 4, Clause 6 and Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution the Senate is delegated the power to determine procedures for declaration of candidacy in federal elections.

2. In the interim, Article VIII, Section 2, Clause 3 sets the Candidacy Declaration period at 7 days for Scheduled elections and 2 days for Regular elections.

Clauses:

1. All declarations of candidacy must be submitted to a thread established by the Secretary of Forum Affairs for this purpose in the (Voting Booth ?). This thread shall be linked from the Atlas Forum Headquarters and Government Headquarters threads.

2. The Secretary of Forum Affairs shall post in the thread when the candidacy declaration period for a particular election shall have expired.

3. All declarations must list the office being sought and the party label being used by the candidate. Such declarations of candidacy may be withdrawn or amended up to the end of the candidacy declaration period, and the declaration of withdrawl of a candidacy must be done in the same thread that the candidate declared in.

4. For all declarations of candidacy to the Senate, the candidate must be resident in the relevant District or Region at the time of candidacy declaration, else the declaration shall not be valid.

I'd like to be a co-sponsor to this legislation if that's possible.

I also might suggest that this thread be stickied in the Atlas Fantasy Elections board, since it really is very relevant to that.

[Sam Spade]

King, could you post what the brackets are exactly?

I second Jake's question and would also like to add the question as to how much projected revenues would come through these increases (minus the one decrease)?

[Sam Spade]

Once again, I'm going to ask with Masterjedi's bill...

What does this do to the government's revenues and all?

Same thing still goes with King's bill; I still haven't gotten an answer on that question.

I don't care where you get the figures, as long as they're GM-approved or come from the GM himself.

Unless I get figures, I will oppose vigorously any and every tax change/raise/cut, etc. because I like to know what we're getting into.

[Sam Spade]

Once again, I'm going to ask with Masterjedi's bill...

What does this do to the government's revenues and all?

Same thing still goes with King's bill; I still haven't gotten an answer on that question.

I don't care where you get the figures, as long as they're GM-approved or come from the GM himself.

Unless I get figures, I will oppose vigorously any and every tax change/raise/cut, etc. because I like to know what we're getting into.

I don't have exact figures, but our revenues would slightly increase as the tax increase goes for approx. 33% of the tax base while the decrease for appox. 31%.

Well, please get me exact figures then.  My guess was that revenues would slightly increase, but I sort of figured that. 

Masterjedi is essentially calling for around a 400-500 billion revenue cut.  We'll have to keep that mind.

[Sam Spade]

Masterjedi is essentially calling for around a 400-500 billion revenue cut.  We'll have to keep that mind.

How? I gave you the numbers. It comes out to 16%.

Average government revenue for a while has been roughly about 18% of GDP.

For example, if GDP is about 11 trillion, where it is presently, average government revenues are about 2 trillion at present.

[Sam Spade]

As requested of me by former Senator Bono, I will introduce two Amendments to the Constitution (in separate posts) that he has asked me to introduce.

If there are any problems or changes with either of these, Bono, please let me know and I will do so.  I have modified the wording very slightly to make it sound in keeping with the rest of the document.
Addition to the Bill of Rights, Article VI

16.  Each individual shall have the inherent Right of defending the life, liberty and property of any individual using whatever force is necessary, through whatever means available, including the use of deadly force.

[Sam Spade]

Addition to the Bill of Rights, Article VI

17.  No individual shall ever be imprisoned for debt, taxes, alimony, or "child support"; "child support" being defined commonly as the giving of money to one's ex-mate.

[Sam Spade]

Striking of the 24 Waiting Period

Primary Sponsor:[/b] Senator MAS117
Co-Sponsor:[/b] Senator Colin Wixted, Senator Supersoulty, Senator King, Senator Masterjedi

1.) Article 3, Section 2, Clause 6 is hereby removed from the Official Senate Procedural Resolution.

I would like to co-sponsor this as well.  When this comes to a vote, I will point out other parts of the resolution we can strike that deal with this clause exclusively.

(If we have enough co-sponsors, do we actually need a vote.) 

[Sam Spade]

(If we have enough co-sponsors, do we actually need a vote.) 

Yes, we do, just to make sure and to make it official.  Simply saying "this has enough support; let's just pass it" would create a bad precedent, to say the least.

Nah, I understand.  I was more of just making a joke, frankly.

[Sam Spade]

Colin is quite right on the application of the bill in the Regions at large.

I would not have approved it, had the Regions not had the right to tax it and criminalize it themselves, etc.

[Sam Spade]

A proposed amendment given to me by Governor Dubya:

Constitutional Amendment to Article IV, Section 2, Clause 4

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 4, of the Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended to read thus:

A State by plebiscite shall be able to veto its transfer from one Region to another, or initiate a transfer to a different Region.

[Sam Spade]

Supreme Court Adjustments of 2005

Section 1:  Article III, Section I, Clause II of the constitution will now read as follows:

The Supreme Court shall consist of five Justices who shall all be registered voters, one of whom shall be the Chief Justice. Justices shall hold their office during good behavior.

Section II:
This will take effect upon ratification by the regions, as specified in the constitution.

What is the rationale for having five justices?

[Sam Spade]

The Mideast has the right idea:

Signature and Avatar Amendment
1.  The Senate of the Republic of Atlasia hereby recognizes that a mandatory statement of a voter's registration in a person's avatar or signature is no longer necessary to aide the administrator of an election to determine the state in which a voter is registered.

2.  Upon this recognition, the Senate of Atlasia with the formal consent of the Regions shall repeal Article V, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Atlasian Constitution effective on August 18, 2005.

The Southeast has never required mandatory avatars in someone's sig. 

[Sam Spade]

Supreme Court Adjustments of 2005

Section 1:  Article III, Section I, Clause II of the constitution will now read as follows:

The Supreme Court shall consist of five Justices who shall all be registered voters, one of whom shall be the Chief Justice. Justices shall hold their office during good behavior.

Section II:
This will take effect upon ratification by the regions, as specified in the constitution.

What is the rationale for having five justices?

Packing it with people who will overturn Bono vs. Atlasia and render Supersoulty's unwed mothers protection bill constitutional.

I recall FDR trying this one time... not literally of course.

[Sam Spade]

Striking of the 24 Waiting Period

Primary Sponsor:[/b] Senator MAS117
Co-Sponsor:[/b] Senator Colin Wixted, Senator Supersoulty, Senator King, Senator MasterJedi, Senator Sam Spade, Senator Gabu

1.) Article 3, Section 2, Clause 6 is hereby removed from the Official Senate Procedural Resolution.

I realized that since MAS is no longer in the Senate, I would like to take over sponsorship of this resolution.

[Sam Spade]

Time to cut to the chase here:

Reunification of the Southeast Bill[/u]

Clause I

The State of Virginia shall henceforth be located in the Southeast Region.

Clause II

This bill shall take effect immediately on September 1, 2005 or once approved by the residents of Virginia by plebiscite and by the Southeast and Mideast Regions, whichever occurs at a later time.

[Sam Spade]

Returning some long-term fiscal sanity to the federal government:
Repeal of the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003

Section 1:  Definitions

1.  All estimates on projections of spending for the "Medicare Part D benefit" come from CBO estimates listed below.

Testimony on estimating the Cost of the Medicare Modernization Act, circa March 24, 2004

Projection of Spending for the Medicare Part D Benefit, circa February 9, 2005

2.  Through these estimates, it is assumed that the Repeal of the programs created under this Act shall save roughly $557.7 billion dollars over these next 10 years, and that the savings of the Repeal of these programs for FY 2006 shall be roughly $1.8 billion dollars

Section 2: Provisions

1.  The Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003 is hereby repealed.

2.  All funds previously appropriated by the Senate for FY 2005 to fulfill the requirements of this legislation shall be honored by the Federal Government.

3.  All appropriations and other moneys set to be authorized for fulfillment of this legislation in the Preliminary Version of the Federal Budget for FY 2006 and all future Fiscal Years shall be terminated.

[Sam Spade]

To continue on with some of my expansionist views here's this bill. I know some people will consider this a lowering of the qualitiy of bills but it isn't.

Atlasian Land Acquisition Act of 2005

1. After the passage of this bill Atlasia shall begin talks with Denmark for the purchase of Greenland.
2. After discussions with Denmark Atlasia shall agree to purchase Greenland for between $4,332,172-10,830,430.
3. If purchase occurs Greenland shall become a full territory of Atlasia, completely governed by its constitution and laws.

I sincerely doubt that Denmark would sell Greenland for even a 1/1000th the price of what you're quoting here.

[Sam Spade]

Dealing with what was mentioned earlier by me:

Constitutional Amendment to Article I, Section 8, Clause 6

Article I, Section 8, Clause 6, of the Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended to read thus:

"The Senate must approve each and every Budget before moving on to any other matter, except for Presidential nominations, PPT elections. or other similarly urgent matters at the beginning of a session of the Senate."