Former White House of Purple State/Marokai Blue

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Oh nothing like stretching the boundaries of our Senate Procedures to the max.

[Ebowed]

Executive Action

By the power vested in me, I hereby appoint Ebowed to be Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Atlasia for confirmation by the Senate.

Signed,
~PS

I thank the President for this opportunity.

[Franzl]

I'm willing to keep an open mind at the confirmation hearing, but I anticipate some difficulty here.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I'm willing to keep an open mind at the confirmation hearing, but I anticipate some difficulty here.

I have quite a hard time imagining someone as knowledgeable as Ebowed in this area, really. I have the utmost confidence in him. And if it eases your concerns at all, I personally asked him if he would keep an open mind and be more deliberative, and he did say yes.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I don't see why there should be any difficulty; the views of a Justice Ebowed would not be that different to those of former Justice Blue and it isn't as though he's not as well qualified as anyone could be.

[Bacon King]

Mister President, all of your cabinet appointees have been confirmed by the Senate.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Mister President, all of your cabinet appointees have been confirmed by the Senate.

I'll mark all the threads to reflect that so there's no confusion. I'll also finally post the legislative agenda thread.

[Purple State]

Mr. President, there is a bill on your desk: The Fusion Ballot Reform Act.

(Note that right now I'm only exercising PPT powers via OSPR Article II, Section 2, Clause 1.c, which states the PPT can do things "in any case where the President of the Senate has failed to uphold the provisions of this Procedural Resolution when it is in his power to do so individually. " I'm interpreting this, perhaps very broadly, to open and close votes when enough time has elapsed and such.)

Thank you for notifying me BK.

Because the bill, as presented to the Senate for passage, had a typo, would it be possible to quote the bill (and future bills), as amended by the discretion of the PPT for such changes, and post it in this thread? It will make the process of signature considerably easier.

Thanks!

[Purple State]

Announcement

I want to thank the Senate for the expeditious consideration and confirmation of my Cabinet nominations. The debate was thorough and I am glad that the nominees and I were able to assuage the concerns that many had.

I would also like to issue the following Executive Order:

Executive Order to Kick It Into High Gear

Whereas, the Senate has duly considered and approved the President's Cabinet appointments; and

Whereas, this President has an ambitious agenda which could be described as raving mad;

Therefore, be it resolved that the Cabinet join the President and Vice President and kick it into high  gear.

Signed,
~PS

[Purple State]

Executive Action

By the power vested in me under the Budget Process Renewal Committee Act, I hereby appoint Inks.LWC and Vice President Marokai Blue to the Budget Process Committee.

Signed,
~PS

[Purple State]

Announcement

I humbly ask that a senator propose this resolution on my behalf for consideration of the calling of a Constitutional Convention.

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[Bacon King]

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[Purple State]

Executive Action

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I sign,
~Purple State

Libertas gets the pen used for the signing. Congratulations.

[Badger]

Executive Action

By the power vested in me under the Budget Process Renewal Committee Act, I hereby appoint Inks.LWC and Vice President Marokai Blue to the Budget Process Committee.

Signed,
~PS

(Comes up for air at work)

Good choices, Mr. President.

[Bacon King]

Mr. President, the Break the Chains Act is now on your desk.

[Purple State]

Mr. President, the Break the Chains Act is now on your desk.

I may take the weekend to think about this. The concept of the bill is sound, but I am interested in reviewing the specifics that the Senate chose and did not choose in carrying out that concept.

[Bacon King]

Hiring Incentives Act is on your desk now too; also, Ebowed got confirmed.

[Bacon King]

Regarding the Hiring Incentives Act, by the way, here is a link to bill's thread, and here is the final copy of the bill for your convenience:

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[Purple State]

Executive Action

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I veto.

While the votes are there to override, I think the Senate should take the time to address two major issues that were mentioned in debate of the bill: paying for the program and preventing abuse of non-fradulent loopholes.

If the Senate feels that the economy is still struggling and continued deficit spending is appropriate, I urge them to include provisions that will offset the expenditures with increased revenue down the road.

I also do not feel that clause 4 is specific or strong enough to prevent a company from hiring, firing and re-hiring workers over and over for tax credits. Doing that would be legal within the law.

~PS

[Franzl]

Very good decision Mr. President!

[Marokai Backbeat]

Public Purple State has taken a much different tact than Private Purple State, apparently.

[Peter]

Mr President,

For personal reasons I have not been active of late on the forum and this is set to continue for some time. I must therefore submit my resignation.

I wish you, my successor and the whole administration the best of luck.

Peter

[Purple State]

Public Purple State has taken a much different tact than Private Purple State, apparently.

I completely support the concepts laid out in your legislative proposals, as I indicated in private. But as I have said previously, the concepts need to be fleshed out more fully by the Senate. If the Senate is sending me one-dimensional policies, I will send them back and ask for more detail and greater complexity and nuance. That is what I have done here and I have been consistent in this regard.

[Purple State]

Diplomacy

I spoke with French President Sarkozy earlier today. I expressed Atlasia's deep misgivings towards the law passed by the lower house of the French Parliament that would ban veils in public places, noting the history of religious tolerance in our country. I made clear that while Atlasia continues to be a strong ally of France, we will not shy away from similarly frank conversations in the future.

President Sarkozy and I also discussed his upcoming visit to Nyman. I told him that while policy and political differences may emerge from time to time, regular state visits will help us work through those issues in a constructive way. He assured me that his trip will proceed as scheduled and we arranged for me and Vice President Blue to visit France in August.

~PS

[k-onmmunist]

Mr President,

For personal reasons I have not been active of late on the forum and this is set to continue for some time. I must therefore submit my resignation.

I wish you, my successor and the whole administration the best of luck.

Peter

Sorry to hear that Peter You'll be missed.