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Senate chair marvinville

Results - Amendment A

Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020
Author: Marvinville
Sponsor: Marvinville

Amendment A (PASSED)
Author: Brototh

Amend Article I - House Expansion to read as follows:

The House of Commons will be expanded by 4 seats, to a total of 15 seats.

Ayes (4) - Andusre, Brototh, Dendrobium, Islonia
Nays (3) - Marvinville, Snowflame, World Trade
Abstentions (0)

Senate chair marvinville

Voting - Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020

Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020
Author: Marvinville
Sponsor: Marvinville
As amended by: Brototh

We have now begun voting on the Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020, as amended by the Senate.

My vote is Aye

Emazia

aye

Aye

The Bigtopia and Emazia

Aye

Aye

Senate chair marvinville

Results - Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020

Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020
Author: Marvinville
Sponsor: Marvinville
As amended by: Brototh

Ayes (7) - Andusre, Brototh, Dendrobium, Islonia, Marvinville, Snowflame, World Trade
Nays (0)
Abstentions (0)

The Congressional Expansion Act of July 2020, as amended by the Senate, has passed with well over the 2/3rds majority needed. It will now move to the House of Commons for further action.

Zanaana

Senate chair marvinville

Opening Debate - The Loosening of Congressional Procedures Act

The Loosening of Congressional Procedures Act
Authors: Andusre & Islonia
Sponsors: Andusre & Islonia

We have now begun debating The Loosening of Congressional Procedures Act. Please share your thoughts on this bill as well as submit amendments if you wish to do so.

seems pretty epic ngl

Pap sculgief and The Bigtopia

It is a good bill, but if a majority of MP's or Se actors have already voted aye (or 2/3 in some cases), then why would a member of congress need to ask for more voting time. The outcome is not going to change, and if the correct amount of people have already voted for or against a bill, then the amount needed to extend the voting time will not be there. I therefore find those additions pretty useless when put with the rest of the bill.
Besides that though, it's good, and that wouldn't necessarily stop me voting aye for this bill.

Post self-deleted by Brototh.

Senate chair marvinville

On this bill that amends both L.R. 006 and L.R. 024, it would change the rules on the timings of debates and votes. In my opinion, I do not believe that these amendments are needed. I like the system we have now, which is a mandatory 12 hours of debate time on bills plus 24 hours of voting time, unless every Senator has voted. It gives the chance for every Senator to express their opinions, either through the debate time or in the vote. However, this bill will slightly change that. The timings of the bills through the debate stage and voting period will be up to the Speaker or Senate Chair themselves. All it would take is 4 Senators to express their opinions towards a certain way, either for a bill or against it, which would allow the Senate Chair to begin the vote. Those 4 Senators could then either vote Aye or Nay, all unanimously, which would allow for the Chair to end the vote, Giving the other 3 Senators no say in the matter of context of the bill. As I stated yesterday, either chamber could easily abuse this power for their own benefit, passing or rejecting bills quickly before anyone else can participate. The chamber could as well finish the whole docket in a matter of days. I know this could be rare, but it could possibly happen. Our jobs as elected officials to the Congress is to represent our peers in the region, through debates and votes. This could simply suppress that given right, if we have a Speaker or Chair in the future that would abuse this power. Again, the system we have now is fine and does not need changes. I will vote Nay on this bill and I encourage the rest of the Senate to do the same.

World Trade and Dendrobium

I agree with what Marvinville stated above and would like to add something to what they said;
making it so the Senate Chair or Speaker of the House have the ability to end the debating- or voting period as soon as a majority for either vote can be found could easily have the result that a debate has been decided and/or ended already before everyone has gotten the chance to speak up for their minds, this way a few quick and vocal MP's or Senators could easily sway the results of the voting period (to their will) by (indirectly) preventing any possible further debate involving other MP's or Senators, with different opinions on the matter, who could otherwise have changed the general opinion of their respectable house and those seating in it, and with that the outcome of the debating- and voting period.
While I understand where the idea behind this Act is coming from, and while there are certainly parts in it which I do agree with, I mainly believe that it opens up for undesired consequences such as stated above.

Senate chair marvinville

Voting - The Loosening of Congressional Procedures Act

The Loosening of Congressional Procedures Act
Authors: Andusre & Islonia
Sponsors: Andusre & Islonia

We have now begun voting on The Loosening of Congressional Procedures Act.

My vote is Nay

aye

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