Senate Protest and Analysis Thread

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Can someone point me towards Everett's resignation?

Everett frequently deletes her threads for unclear reasons.  After posting her now-deleted resignation thread on Feb. 10 (shortly after 3am PST, which is also around her last vote in the Senate), she removed 'Senator' from her username and has stopped casting votes here.  This may leave with us with a problem, though I'm content to overlook it given that she's a.) cruising to re-election, b.) not voting now and c.) her replacement is ideologically similar.

BTW, I think it would be safe to begin assuming that two Senators (Clay and Gully Foyle) are on extended absence, bringing the quorum to eight.

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Immigration Reform Act of 2007

Okay, if the Senate unanimously passes this as it has done in the past, I think I just might prepare a pop quiz on what it actually does, because I'm almost 100% sure that no one is going to read any of this.

Sen. Ernest's last immigration reform bill failed 3-6.

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I have decided to remove the Anti-Emo Bill and the Prohibition of My Chemical Romance Bill from the Senate queue for being frivolous and direct violations of the constitutional protection of free speech.

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The Death with Dignity Bill is also frivolous to reintroduce until the next senate considering a bill saying almost the same exact thing was just defeated

The Right to Die Bill would have legalized euthanasia; the Death with Dignity Bill would legalize physician assisted suicide.

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Attn Senators, Don't post comments in the Legislation Introduction Thread.

I'm removing the Cabinet Member Election Bill for being unconstitutional.

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Would it be possible at a later time to strip illegals of their citizenship?

Why would you want to do that?

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Enforcement of Half Plus Seven Rule Bill

1. No marriages after the effect of this bill shall be recognized in which one party to marriage's age is less than half the age of the other party plus seven years.
2. All current marriages covered by the law will remain valid, but upon divorce or death of one of the parties, the parties will be subject to the law as anyone else.

I don't see why this is necessary?

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Oh yeah, my bills are criticized but the next two bills are one that failed already and an unconstitutional one

*sigh*

The Half Plus Seven Enforcement crap isn't unconstitutional... just unnecessary and retarded.

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All the islands together should be, there's no good reason for them not to be.

It's impractical from a forum affairs point of view.

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People’s Referendum Amendment

Whensoever legislation is signed into law by the President, .... containing the Act as signed by the President

What if legislation becomes law thanks to presidential inaction, or is vetoed and overridden?

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By my count it looks like only 6 (Yates Act, Dean Act, US Act, Friendly Amendments, Copyrights, and Acceptance of Science) bills are out on the floor right now.  Shouldn't we have 7?

No

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Why in the name of Dave would we want to celebrate the Mexican Flag?

To show solidarity with the Mexican invasion of undocumented workers.

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This bill screams that it is a joke, there is absolutley no chance it will even be taken seriously and is a waste of time.

It absolutely is not a joke.  I support creating each of those holidays.  If you don't like one of them, you can motion to amend the bill when it reaches the floor.

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Why should the teaching of the Catholic religion be excluded in a private, all-Catholic school?

Because the government is paying for it, and that's a violation of the separation of church and state.

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I have withdrawn the Creation of Federal Holidays Bill.

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Presidential Term Limits Constitutional Amendment

That Article II, Section 3, Clause 3 of the Constitution shall be removed and subsequent clauses shall be renumbered accordingly.

Given that Ebowed is the only president that has served two terms, it would seem as though this is merely an attempt for him to run for the office again.

I'm fairly sure the clause doesn't prevent Ebowed from running for the Presidency again. The clause prevents being elected more than twice consecutively.

If that's the case, then Ebowed's amendment is completely pointless.

No it's not.  A President should be able to run for a third consecutive term.

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It's neither frivolous nor for personal gain (and I don't appreciate the latter being suggested).  I simply don't think it's fair that Senators have no term limits, but the President does.

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Fairness to the Children Act

1. F.L. 14-16 is hereby repealed

The fourteenth Senate passed only nine acts.

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However, I must express how displeased I am that Ebowed has crowded up about 1-2 months worth of legislation that will probably be withdraw once hitting the floor

I already withdrew the nonserious ones (like the holiday thing).  Everything else is serious proposals, and if you have problems with them, you can make some suggestions now or propose amendments later.

FWIW, I don't support Ernest's OSPR amendment.  If only 2 Senators are introducing legislation, why would we stop them from being debated in a reasonable fashion?

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That, to me, discriminates against active Senators.  If you want the Senate to consider new legislation faster, support increasing the amount of legislation that can be on the floor-- I've introduced an amendment to the OSPR to do just that.

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Fairness to the Children Act

1. F.L. 14-16 is hereby repealed

The fourteenth Senate passed only nine acts.

Shhh...too much logic over here!

It was 13-14, I must have done something strange to find 14-16.

OMG, you want to repeal the gay adoption bill?  What the hell is wrong with you?

If you want a real 'fairness to the children' act, make the adoption process completely free (as it is in the Pacific region).

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Affirmative Action Reform Bill of 2007

1. F.L. 8-14 is repealed.

Why are you in favor of discrimination?

You voted against a Regional bill saying exactly what the federal version does in the Southeast.

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I would be happy to do that, Ernest, if Porce will likewise withdraw the HIV/AIDS bill and his renaming of the Acceptance of Science bill

They are different than the versions defeated by the Senate.  I have, erm, improved the bills to appeal to moderates more.

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Bill to Raise the Retirement Age and Discouragement of Smoking Bill have both been withdrawn.

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In order to streamline our legislative queue, I'm going to be combining a lot of bills into comprehensive reform proposals (i.e. all of the environmental bills will be put into one).  I am hoping this will be slightly more welcoming to any new Senators we might be getting with the conclusion of the election.