Congressional Discussion Thread

[Sestak]

Does Atlasia not have a conference system?

[Sestak]

Does Atlasia not have a conference system?

What do you mean?

Essentially, bills the houses can't agree on go to a conference committee by the following path:

House A Passes Bill
House B Passes Amended Bill
House A Rejects House B Amendment
(Optional step: House B Rejects Unamended Bill)

Both steps 3 and 4 would be done without debate/further amendment.

After conference, the resulting bill would be sent to both houses and immediately voted on. If it fails in either house, it's dead.

[Sestak]

I have reservation with some wording in the Party Organization Act.

Change is required "by vote of a quorum of all members of that party,"

Dfinition of quorum is:
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group. According to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the "requirement for a quorum is protection against totally unrepresentative action in the name of the body by an unduly small number of persons

So by saying "by vote of a quorum of all members of that party" it sounds like to be valid the vote requires all party members to participate and since it's unlikely to happen in big parties, a quorum of all members is almost impossible to achieve.

Thanks for pointing this out; I'll alert the House of this so that the necessary change can be amended in.