Education Reform Act (Passed)

[Prince of Salem]

Motion seconded.

[Clark Kent]

We will now have a 24-hour vote on Senator Truman's motion for a final vote.

[Potus]

Nay.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

AYE!

I encourage those senators voting "nay" to explain their objections to the motion for cloture and what they hope to accomplish if said motion is defeated.

[Potus]

AYE!

I encourage those senators voting "nay" to explain their objections to the motion for cloture and what they hope to accomplish if said motion is defeated.

The bill isn't ready to be passed into law. It's not rotten to the core, just needs work. There's a new Senate who hasn't really gotten a chance to weigh in on it, amend it, etc. Since we've effectively dealt with the ISIS situation from a legislative perspective, we can now give this some attention.

I urge the motion be defeated.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Abstain

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Aye

[Senator Cris]

Abstain

I don't understand Sen. Potus's behavior. First, he motion to totally change the text of the bill in order to address another matter, so I think he don't care about the content of the bill.
Now, he says that "the bill needs work" and that "since we've effectively dealt with the ISIS situation from a legislative perspective, we can now give this some attention".

[Potus]

Abstain

I don't understand Sen. Potus's behavior. First, he motion to totally change the text of the bill in order to address another matter, so I think he don't care about the content of the bill.
Now, he says that "the bill needs work" and that "since we've effectively dealt with the ISIS situation from a legislative perspective, we can now give this some attention".

I do care about education reform and making the supply of degrees correlate with the job market and needs of business, it's just not as pressing as dealing with the ISIS threat. This body has a habit of sending things through a bureaucratic ringer. I've numerous people say, "Does the Senate actually pass legislation?" The amendment to replace it with the ISIS bill was to expedite the ISIS bill and focus the entire senate on the issue.

We can actually fix this bill by adding investment components, clarifying the legal grey area surrounding income share agreements, and providing stronger support for corporate scholarships and vocational training.

[Clark Kent]

I apologize for the delay. Two ayes, one nay, and two abstentions...I'm not actually sure whether this means that the motion has passed or not.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

>Cough<

[Clark Kent]

>Cough<

If you are allowed to reintroduce motions, I strongly encourage you to do so, Senator.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Yeah, I motion for a final vote (again). Since debate has stalled for more than a week, we should be able to skip cloture and head right to a vote.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

>crickets<

[pikachu]

I'll second the motion if that's necessary...

[Clark Kent]

Sorry, my fault. We will now have a 24-hour vote on Senator Truman's motion for a final vote.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Sorry, my fault. We will now have a 24-hour vote on Senator Truman's motion for a final vote.

I don't believe this is necessary, as there has been no debate for almost three weeks.

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[Clark Kent]

Alright, we will now move to a 72-hour final vote on this bill.

[Clark Kent]

AYE

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

AYE!

[Senator Cris]

Aye

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye

[Clark Kent]

The 72 hours have passed. We will now have a 24-hour period where Senators are permitted to change their votes.

[Clark Kent]

I believe that this bill has passed with four ayes, no nays, no abstentions, and Senators Stmarken/JoMCaR, NC Yankee, Darthebearnc, Pikachu, Potus, and Dereich not voting.