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« Reply #125 on: May 03, 2005, 05:38:47 PM »
« edited: May 26, 2005, 01:48:26 PM by Senator 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.
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« Reply #126 on: May 03, 2005, 06:15:45 PM »
« Edited: May 26, 2005, 01:50:38 PM by Senator 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.
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« Reply #127 on: May 05, 2005, 03:28:00 AM »

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

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.
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« Reply #128 on: May 05, 2005, 07:20:11 AM »

I'll try to get some of this near the top of next session too!

Atlasian Regions Amendment

I.   Regions
1.   The former regions of Atlasia are hereby disbanded.
2.   The new regions of Atlaisa are now the Pacific, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Southeast.
A.   Pacific: Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana and Colorado
B.   Midwest: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. 
C.   Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia and D.C.
D.   Southeast: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
E.   Northeast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
II.   Regions Constitutions
1.   The new regions of Atlasia may choose to adopt an old regions constitution or write a new one
2.   All constitutions from all former regions shall be put up to a vote for the citizens of the new region along with the option of None of the Above.
3.   For any constitution to come into power a simple majority is all that is needed from each new region. Also the same is in effect for NOTA.
4.   Any propositions that have passed on an adopted constitution shall come into power a long with it.
5.   If NOTA passes all propositions that have passed on any old constitutions but are not written into the new constitution shall be put on the ballet along with the new constitution for a vote.
III.   Elections
1.   Any office holder in Atlasia shall stay in office until they’re term expires then they shall seek re-election from their new region.
2.  If any office shall fall vacant before the old term expires there shall be a special election held from the old region until the next scheduled election.
3.  If after an election cycle a region would still be Governerless that region shall have a special election held to elect a new Governer.
IV.   Region Lock
1.   No state shall be locked into any one region.
2.   Each state has the right to switch region as long as the entire population of said state signs a petition for movement.
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« Reply #129 on: May 05, 2005, 07:22:01 AM »

2005 Puerto Rican Statehood Bill

I.   The commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are hereby the 51st state of the union of the Atlasia with the name of Puerto Rico.
II.   The Senate shall vote on which region/district Puerto Rico shall be designated into.
III.   The State of Puerto Rico shall be given full rights from whichever district/region it’s placed into and be under full jurisdiction of the Atlasian constitution.
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« Reply #130 on: May 06, 2005, 03:18:12 PM »

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.
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« Reply #131 on: May 06, 2005, 03:20:03 PM »

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.
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« Reply #132 on: May 06, 2005, 03:23:02 PM »

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.
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« Reply #133 on: May 06, 2005, 04:15:42 PM »

Strike my Regions Amendment please. No more states to the south, we'll just leave it as is for now. My other bill is still in there though.
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« Reply #134 on: May 06, 2005, 04:58:34 PM »

I think President of the Senate Peter Bell (since Gabu no longer has the power) should create a new legislation thread.

BTW, since Jedi isn't going to do it, I am going to introduce the Regional Amendment under my name.
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« Reply #135 on: May 06, 2005, 05:04:23 PM »

I think President of the Senate Peter Bell (since Gabu no longer has the power) should create a new legislation thread.

Until we have a moderator who is vaguely active to change the sticky, I'm going to leave it as it is. Once John gets the moderator power, I'll post a new one.
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« Reply #136 on: May 07, 2005, 05:42:53 PM »
« Edited: May 07, 2005, 06:04:26 PM by Senator MAS117 »

The Repeal of the ANWR Drilling Authorization Bill

Primary Sponsor: Senator MAS117

1.) The entirety of the ANWR Drilling Authorization Bill is hereby repealed.
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« Reply #137 on: May 07, 2005, 05:44:24 PM »

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.
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« Reply #138 on: May 07, 2005, 05:53:30 PM »

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.  Tongue

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.
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« Reply #139 on: May 07, 2005, 06:09:22 PM »
« Edited: May 07, 2005, 06:37:23 PM by Senator MAS117 »

Candidacy Declaration Bill[/u]

Primary Sponsor:[/b] Senator MAS117
Co-Sponsor:[/b] Senator Sam Spade

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.
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« Reply #140 on: May 07, 2005, 06:16:23 PM »

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.
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« Reply #141 on: May 07, 2005, 06:36:51 PM »

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.

I will add the distinguished gentlemen as a Co-Sponsor to this bill. Sure I will post it in the other board.
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« Reply #142 on: May 08, 2005, 02:07:59 PM »

Modifications to Federal Personal Income Tax Rates for FY2006

Section 1
All rate changes specified below shall be valid for personal income tax collection in the fiscal year of 2006 (FY2006) only.

Section 2
(a).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the top earnings bracket shall be raised by 3 percent to 38 percent.

(b).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the second-to-top earnings bracket shall be raised by 2 percent to 35 percent.

(c).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the third-to-top earnings bracket shall be raised by 1 percent to 29 percent.

(d).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the third-to-bottom earnings bracket shall remain at 25 percent.

(e).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the second-to-bottom earnings bracket shall be lowered by 1 percent to 14 percent.

(f).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the bottom earnings bracket shall be abolished.
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« Reply #143 on: May 08, 2005, 04:56:11 PM »

King, could you post what the brackets are exactly?
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« Reply #144 on: May 08, 2005, 05:11:44 PM »

Modifications to Federal Personal Income Tax Rates for FY2006

Section 1
All rate changes specified below shall be valid for personal income tax collection in the fiscal year of 2006 (FY2006) only.

Section 2
(a).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the top earnings bracket shall be raised by 3 percent to 38 percent.

(b).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the second-to-top earnings bracket shall be raised by 2 percent to 35 percent.

(c).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the third-to-top earnings bracket shall be raised by 1 percent to 29 percent.

(d).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the third-to-bottom earnings bracket shall remain at 25 percent.

(e).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the second-to-bottom earnings bracket shall be lowered by 1 percent to 14 percent.

(f).  FY2006 Personal Income Tax rates for the bottom earnings bracket shall be abolished.
Looks like a great bill.  I'll co-sponsor.
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« Reply #145 on: May 08, 2005, 07:03:27 PM »

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)?
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« Reply #146 on: May 08, 2005, 07:06:21 PM »

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)?

I did not add the bracket figures to the bill as the vary from group to group:  http://taxes.yahoo.com/rates.html
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« Reply #147 on: May 08, 2005, 09:52:25 PM »

My fight against China begins with my new resolution (not bill):

                                A Resolution to Condemn China

Be it resolved by the Senate here assembled;

Whereas; China has repeatedly violated human rights.

Whereas; China’s human rights violations violate their own international commitments.

Whereas; The Chinese Government condones the usage of cruel and unusual punishment for its prisoners.

Whereas; The Chinese Government continues to persecute all political ideas contrary to those of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China.

Whereas; The Chinese Government continues to persecute all religions.

Whereas; China persist in, despite international outcry against, its' one-child policy.

Therefore be it enacted by the Senate that; China should be condemned for its crimes against human rights.






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« Reply #148 on: May 09, 2005, 12:45:37 AM »
« Edited: May 10, 2005, 06:27:50 AM by Senator MAS117 »

The Helicopter Rearmament Bill

Primary Sponsor: Senator MAS117
Co-Sponsor:[/b] Senator Supersoulty

§ I. The Treasury of Atlasia shall allocate $1.5 billion dollars to Bell Helicopter, a Textron Company, towards the funding, building, and arming of 50 new AH-1Z Cobra Helicopters for use in the Atlasian Marine Corp.

§ II. The Treasury of Atlasia shall allocate $843.75 million dollars to Boeing to fund, build, and arm 15 new AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopters for use in the Atlasian Army.
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« Reply #149 on: May 10, 2005, 05:08:38 PM »

Tax Equity Act of 2005

Section 1: Payroll Taxes Repealed
Subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to payroll taxes and withholding of income taxes) is repealed.

Section 2: Estate and Gift Taxes Repealed
Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to estate and gift taxes) is repealed.

Section 3: Conforming Amendments; Effective Date
(a) The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--

(1) by striking subtitle H (relating to financing of presidential election campaigns), and
(2) by redesignating--
  (A) subtitle D (relating to miscellaneous excise taxes) as subtitle B,
  (B) subtitle E (relating to alcohol, tobacco, and certain other excise taxes) as subtitle C,
  (C) subtitle F (relating to procedure and administration) as subtitle D,
  (D) subtitle G (relating to the Joint Committee on Taxation) as subtitle E,
  (E) subtitle I (relating to the Trust Fund Code) as subtitle F,
  (F) subtitle J (relating to coal industry health benefits) as subtitle G, and
  (G) subtitle K (relating to group health plan portability, access, and renewability requirements) as subtitle H.

(b) Redesignation of 1986 Code-

(1) The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, enacted on October 22, 1986, as heretofore, hereby, or hereafter amended, may be cited as the 'Internal Revenue Code of 2005'.

(2) Except when inappropriate, any reference in any law, Executive order, or other document--
  (A) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall include a reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 2005, and
  (B) to the Internal Revenue Code of 2005 shall include a reference to the provisions of law formerly known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(c) The amendments made by this act shall take effect for all tax years (months) beginning after it becomes law.

Section 4: Enactment of Flat Tax

Subchapter A of Subtitle A is amended to read:

'Section 1. Flat Tax Imposed
'There is hereby imposed, on every resident, a tax equal to 16 percent of the total income, from whatever source derived, of such person, except for estates and gifts.'

Section 5: Supermajority Required for Structural Changes to Personal Income Tax

No measure to create any new personal income tax bracket, deduction, or exemption shall be considered by the Senate but by a vote of three-fifths of the total number of senators, taken by yeas and nays.
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