SENATE BILL: Committee and Oversight OSPR Amendment (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor: NC Yankee

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I already have plans to rewrite this via amendment, far too complex right now.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

So just to clarify- these are strictly special committees that would presumably be temporary?  I like the idea of having committees, but I feel our Senate composition is too small and that we would practically have to assign everyone to each committee just so that each one has enough members.  Correct me if I'm not getting the right idea.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

At most there would be two, perhaps three. With three members on each. And they would be purpose driven.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators have 24 hours to object to the sponsor originated amendment.

[ilikeverin]

I don't have any problem with the sponsor-originated amendment, but I wonder whether the original bill is strictly necessary.  Is there enough activity to justify it?  And what, exactly, is an "Investigative Hearing of the Whole Senate"?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It is what I put into the OSPR back in 2009, renamed. Basically the entire senate sets up a hearing to grill an official.


The modifications to the section from the underlying bill create the ability to establish standing committees. The amendment I offered establishes procedures with which to do that. I am still looking to simplify this, but I wanted to make sure all the procedural gaps were filled first.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

As for activity, I ironically have in mind this being a way to boost activity, actually.

[ilikeverin]

It is what I put into the OSPR back in 2009, renamed. Basically the entire senate sets up a hearing to grill an official.


The modifications to the section from the underlying bill create the ability to establish standing committees. The amendment I offered establishes procedures with which to do that. I am still looking to simplify this, but I wanted to make sure all the procedural gaps were filled first.

Ah, I think I misread it as somehow being an investigation of the entire Senate rather than an investigation by the entire Senate.  All good now

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment has passed, Current Text:

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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No reason to bar the President from "gettin some" action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators have 24 hours to object to my amendment.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

With no objections, the amendment passes.

[ilikeverin]

With no objections, the amendment passes.

I don't think that's your job.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

That is one hell of a short 24 hours there Alfred.


And ILV is right, we can't have senators randomly conducting procedures. Only the VP and PPT are able to do that. MoPolitico can if both of us disappear for five days.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

That is one hell of a short 24 hours there Alfred.


And ILV is right, we can't have senators randomly conducting procedures. Only the VP and PPT are able to do that. MoPolitico can if both of us disappear for five days.

A: Sorry, I was counting from the 7th.

B: It's fun to say.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I plan to have this at a final vote tomorrow.

To start we might want create a catch all "Gov't Oversight" committee to test it out.


I think to start we can bring in Jake and grill him about what he knew about the Jersey plot and when, or maybe Ben since he has been AWOL lately.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Do we really need committees?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It is one of those things that we will find out by trying it.


Right now I would argue in this case that it is better to try, even if it doesn't work. Right now we are in an abyss of nothingness and there is only one way to end that.

I have to check one more thing on this and so a vote won't start till tomorrow.

[Napoleon]

Do we really need committees?

Yes.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Do we really need committees?

Yes.

But there are 10 of us.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Do we really need committees?

Yes.

But there are 10 of us.

As Yankee explained

At most there would be two, perhaps three. With three members on each. And they would be purpose driven.

This bill would be a great way of creating a more active Senate and reforming part of the game without doing anything drastic or unnecessary.

[ilikeverin]

As Yankee explained

At most there would be two, perhaps three. With three members on each. And they would be purpose driven.

This bill would be a great way of creating a more active Senate and reforming part of the game without doing anything drastic or unnecessary.

Except, you know, they're unnecessary, because we're a group of 10 and don't have all that much business to take care of in the first place...