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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Reposting this, b/c of length will edit information in.

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Atlasian People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on July 6th, 2018,


As Amended:
Atlasian Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on July 21st, 2018,


As Amended:
Atlasian People's House of Representatives:
Passed 8-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on July 30th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

VETO STATEMENT:
While I strongly support most every provision of this act, it is my contention that this is beyond the authority of what the federal government should be doing. We have three very capable regional governments who could easily pass everyone of these protections and more and have better ability to enforce and ensure compliance simply by virtue of being closer to where the problems are occurring. I encourage the Regional Senators to work with the members of their Region's government towards this end and I will also seek to work with the SoIA and other administration officials to provide further support, assistance and encouragement towards the regions in pursuit of the policies that best improve their respective school systems.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 8-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled

As Amended:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-1 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on July 27th, 2018,

As Amended:
People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-1-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 1st, 2018,

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic
VETO
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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
Were it not for the possibility of inter-regional commerce on the part of these dealers, I most likely would have vetoed this law as well on region grounds. That being said I like the requirements present for humane treatment of dogs and thus I will sign this bill.

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(b) Dealer Facility Defined
Section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2132) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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(c) Conforming Amendment
Section 13(a)(2)(B) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting subject to paragraph (9), before for exercise of dogs.

Section 3: Regulations
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue final regulations establishing the standards for the care of dogs in dealer facilities, as required by this Act.[/quote]
People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled


Atlasian Regional Senate:
Passed 3-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 1st,2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
I am satisfied with the changes that have been made to this bill over the past month or so and though it would have been my preference to have the money made from the PSCFL program be directed towards the overall solvency of the postal system as opposed to being directed to fund a different unrelated program, I will set those concerns aside and proceed with signing this bill.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on May 24, 2018.

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As Amended:
People's House of Representatives:
Passed 7-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 1st, 2018,

As Amended:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 2nd, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
So apparently this one got missed in the backlog of bills I signed on the third. It didn't help the fact that it was small text posted right underneath the rather large LGBT bill. Also no PMs were sent highlighting the fact that I missed it, in preference for Discord tags, which of course got buried and I just now noticed.

Also lastly as a note, there is no constitutional provisions for bills to become law after seven days in the absence of a signature or veto, for the love of god, read Article III. It is better than relying on discord hearsay for constitutional law.

Anyway, my concerns relating to the Jones act were dealt with in the Senate and I don't have any other problems with this bill.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 5, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 8-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 1st, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

REDRAFT COMPOSITION - NOT SUBMITTED YET

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
With my concerns addressed and the typos fixed I will now sign this legislation.

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People's Regional Senate:

Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on May 26th 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on July 15th 2018.



Redraft:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 22, 2018.

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Redraft:
People's House of Representatives:
Edited to say 'Atlasian' by the Speaker of the Atlasian House on August 4th, 2018,


President of Congress certification of redraft:
Be it Enacted,


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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
The presence of some of these regulations is just plain ridiculous. I would be very interested in knowing the background behind the prohibitions on nunchucks and stun guns in those Georgia locations in the first place.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 23, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 10th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,


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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

VETO AND REDRAFT
I had every intention of signing this but upon careful review I have come to the conclusion that Section II, Clause 1.a is much too vague and would be a nightmare to comply with and to enforce and could basically render the whole bill a mute point, which is I would guess counter to the objectives of the sponsor here. Any company could claim that it is unreasonable for them to provide such and likewise the government could claim the opposite. Or a hostile administration could use it to side with said companies in saying that it is unreasonable in basically every instance. I would be very much interested in submitting a redraft, but I would prefer to consult with the original sponsor and defer to said sponsor should they come up with an alternative wording that addresses these concerns.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 14, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 6-0-0-3 in the Atlasian House Assembled


President of Congress
Be it enacted,

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VETO
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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement

One of the biggest road blocks to employment, particularly coming out of the last recession was matching employers with the skilled candidates to fill positions. With such a program as this we can increase connectivity between employers and candidates using the tools presented to us by the internet. This will not solve the whole range of problems that have held us back in terms of employment, a large element of that is a matter of education, worker retraining and also giving our companies the best possible chances of being able to compete against foreign companies. However, today we have a change to take a small but important step forward and it is important that we do so.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 5, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian House assembled on August 8th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statement
After having reviewed the bill presented before me I have concluded that these regulations will bring much needed improvements in the safety of air travel as well as to improve in the areas pertaining to both physical and mental health evaluation. The provisions in here I am confident will help save a number of lives down the road and while it would be impossible to fully eliminate the risk of human error caused by medical deficiencies, save for autonomous piloting, which is a discussion for another day, we can make great strides in these areas and today this bill does that.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 17, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

This bill is one that provided something of a learning experience for me. While I was certainly aware that there were problems with accuracy, I found the information provided in the Senate debate to be most alarming about the problems, false positives, and good liars benefiting from the test. When it comes to trying a case, and discovering the facts, we generally seek to prove the truth beyond a reasonable doubt, however there is such weight of evidence here that I don't see how the polygraph can be trusted. Technology can be a good thing, that has certainly been the case for the strides in DNA, but this is a case of a now rather antiquated piece of technology, which in its time seemed amazing but now is clearly visible in its faults and therefore it is hard to keep justifying its use in a court of law.

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People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on June 9, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled

President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

While I am deeply concerned about words like "adequate" being used without definition or at least a stated body who can make a determination as to what is adequate with a set of criteria set in statute, I will say I think this is a great idea in an of itself. I would strongly urge Congress to stop being lazy and stop using these vague terms to make generalized mandates. Either say what is required or a give a path to allow them to discover it.

We should take reasonable steps to make sure that we are accommodating to everyone's needs in such facilities and of course this is certainly a need.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 7, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 16th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic


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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

We have come to rely too much on using the ocean as a dumping ground for garbage and I think this is a good first step towards achieving progress on correcting that, but as the bill recognizes of course, it is going to be of the utmost importance that we proceed internationally to work with our partners because any progress we make can be erased easily elsewhere on the globe. For now though, I will sign this act and work to move forward with the Secretary of State on the international portions.

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Section 3: Assistance for Severe Marine Debris Events
Section 3 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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Section 4: Sense of Congress on International Engagement to Respond to Marine Debris
It is the sense of Congress that the President should—

(1) Support research and development, including through the establishment of a prize competition, of bio-based and other alternatives or environmentally feasible improvements to materials that reduce municipal solid waste and its consequences in the ocean;

(2) Work with representatives of foreign countries that contribute the most to the global marine debris problem to learn about, and find solutions to, the contributions of such countries to marine debris in the world's oceans;

(3) Carry out studies to determine—
(A) the primary means by which solid waste enters the oceans;
(B) the manner in which waste management infrastructure can be most effective in preventing debris from reaching the oceans;
(C) the long-term economic impacts of marine debris on the national economies of each country set out in paragraph (1) and on the global economy; and
(D)the economic benefits of decreasing the amount of marine debris in the oceans;

(4) Work with representatives of foreign countries that contribute the most to the global marine debris problem, including land-based sources, to conclude one or more new international agreements that include provisions—
(A) to mitigate the risk of land-based marine debris contributed by such countries reaching an ocean; and
(B) to increase technical assistance and investment in waste management infrastructure, if the President determines appropriate; and

(5) Encourage the Department of State and the Senate to consider the impact of marine debris in relevant future trade agreements.

Section 5: Repeal of unnecessary ocean criminal law
The regulation criminalizing the burial at sea of cremated ashes within 3 miles of the Atlasian coastline is hereby eliminated. 40 CFR 229.1(a)(3) shall be amended accordingly.

Section 6: Authorization of Appropriations
Section 9 of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1958) is amended to read as follows:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled


As Amended:
People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 13, 2018.

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As Amended:
People's Regional House of Representatives:
Passed 9-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 16th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be it Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
The Act below represents a reasonable set of penalties for crimes targeting our brave men and women who stand on the thin blue line protecting and defending both our safety, and our liberty and privacy. I have supported reasonable measures to protect against violations of liberty and privacy by law enforcement and just as important we need to also be for reasonable measures to help and support our law enforcement in the difficult and dangerous task that they perform. I thus am signing the bill into law.

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(b) Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 6-0-1-2 in the Atlasian House Assembled


People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 18th, 2018,


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

I see no reason why these countries should be treated different from the other developing countries affected and I thus sign the act in question.

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People's House of Representatives:
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled

People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-2 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 18th, 2018,

President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement

We have had a number of controversies lately regarding this practice of deletion and while I understand that this may be frustrating at times we must ensure the that the election process is maintained and respected. We still have the 20 minute rule and we still should also encourage and remind people to carefully review their ballots before posting them lest there be honest mistakes that could be avoided with just a few seconds proofreading.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled


People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 19, 2018.

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President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
If my reading of this bill is correct is allows for the drawing of fire response funding from emergency funding and thus avoids depleting fire prevention resources. This is rather good approach to take.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 9-0-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled


People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 22, 2018.

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President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
Below represents a significant rewriting of mining regulations as well as a consolidation of agency responsibility. It is my opinion that these changes do much to assist in the development of resources while also remaining responsible in providing a better level of funding for the Black Lung Trust fund.

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Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on July 18th, 2018,

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Passed 8-0-0 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 24th, 2018


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
The following act provides reasonable expectations and protections for journalists and other members of the press to do their job without interference from the government or intrusion. At the same time the bill is balanced and includes notable exceptions for foreign agents, terrorists and other such actors operating to cause death and destruction, where such exceptions are necessary and reasonable to include.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 23, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 5-0-0-4 in the Atlasian House Assembled


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
While some of these films I disagree with the inclusion of, most notably the Patriot for reasons I won't get into here (and not just because I watched it religiously when I was a really young and didn't know any better), there are some good films here and therefore I will sign this bill.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-1 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 10, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 6-0-0-3 in the Atlasian House Assembled


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

VETO AND REDRAFT STATEMENT
While I fully support the intent of this bill, this should primarily by handled at the regional level with the intervention of the federal government only occurring when it involves interstate transport of such a confined animal, therefore I am vetoing the act and presenting a redraft for Congress to consider.

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Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 17th, 2018


Passed 4-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 25th, 2018,

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President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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VETO
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Passed 8-0-0-1 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 17th, 2018


Passed 4-1-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled on August 25th, 2018,

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President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
I HEARD THEIR'D BE A PARTY, SO I BROUGHT FIREWORKS!!!!! - lol GTA reference!

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 4-0-1 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 7, 2018.

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Passed 6-0-0-3 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 17th, 2018



President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Presidential Signing Statement
I firmly support this measure to protect the people and their rights, except for members of the House of course. They need the whips and chains!

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 5-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on August 10, 2018.

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Passed 7-0-0-2 in the Atlasian House Assembled on August 26th, 2018


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Signing Statements

Not sure why the hate for VCRs, some of my best friends have been VCRs. 

As for the student loan thing, I have long voiced my opinions on this insanity and the continued subsidization of the loans and the various things that prop them up (not being able to discharge being one of them ) is one of the reasons why this crisis has gotten out of hand. With this pillar removed, companies will be far more reluctant to give loans to dead broke people to get degrees that aren't worth a roll of toiler paper.

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People's Regional Senate:
Passed 6-0-0 in the Atlasian Senate assembled on July 30, 2018.

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People's House of Representatives
Passed 7-0-0-2 in the Atlasian House Assembled


President of Congress:
Be It Enacted,

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President of the Atlasian Republic

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