pman

20 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

Ok been 2 days so moving forward with what we have. Please vote for the bills before the committees

@10centjimmy @jnewt @DJBillyShakes @ShortKing @Arkansas Progressive @dkh64 @pman @Rezi @Willthescout7

Senate

Domestic

Create Stricter Requirement to Receive and Continue to Receive Welfare Benefits (Sec Ortega/Sen Hatch)- AYE

REPEAL Subsidize the Costs of Raising and Selling Products from Farms (Sen Kerr) *Crisis Bill*- AYE

Foreign

Increase Funding for On-Going War (Sen Matsunaga) *Crisis Bill*- NAY

Increase the size of the navy (Sen Zablocki) *Crisis Bill*- NAY (we're at max mil prep anyway and the other side knows that)

Economic

Tax on all energy, except alternative energy (Sen Roosevelt) *Crisis Bill*- NAY

Ban and Penalize US Employers from/for Hiring Resident Undocumented Immigrants (Sen Pollock)- AYE

Set Income Tax bracket incomes to a range of 1.5% to 25% (Sen Jagt) *Crisis Bill*- AYE

Expand Income Tax Loopholes (Sen Bush)- AYE

REPEAL Soft Drink Tax (Sen Vanik) Auto Passes

Judicial

Life-Term President Amendment (Sen Vanik)- AYE

REPEAL President Elections by Party Tickets Amendment (Sen Armstrong)- AYE

REPEAL Ban Corporations and Banks from Making Campaign Contributions in Elections (Sen Salazar, C)- AYE

House

Domestic

Transfer Most Student Accountability, Standards, and Goals to the States (Rep Sundquist) *Crisis Bill*- AYE

Grant funding to the police for research and improvements (Rep Dodd)- AYE

Economic

REPEAL Federal Job Guarantee (Sec Greenspan) *Crisis Bill*- NAY

Gasoline Tax (Rep Flaherty) *Crisis Bill*- NAY

Restrict unfair labor practices, including most kinds of strikes (Rep Orr)- AYE

REPEAL Create a Highway Tax (Rep Nickles)- AYE

Set income tax bracket incomes from to a range of 11% to 50% (Rep Morton)- AYE

REPEAL Create a Corporate Tax (Sen Warner) Auto Passes

Judicial

Make it Illegal to Interfere with military operations or recruitment (Rep Denton)- AYE

Ban Immigrants Who Are Left-Wing Radicals (Rep Handley)- AYE

Direct Election of Federal Judges Amendment (Rep Davis)- AYE

1)Abolish National Debt Policy

2) Extensively Tour America's Leading Port Cities

3) Open Up Trade with British West Indies

4) Expand Most Favored Nation Trade Status to Much of Europe

5) Open Up Trade with Central America

-Yeah. I know about the risk of blunders but I am in my second term so let's just do it. 

Just now, ebrk85 said:

We have not passed (and cannot since we don't control the Louisiana territories yet) the Indian Removal Act. So 1st three actions are invalid.

Good- I didn’t really want to do them anyway because I don’t want Wood to be Andrew Jackson . I’ll come up with 3 others 

Executive actions:

1) Sign Treaty for Chickasaw Lands in MS and Remove the Tribe to the New Indian Territory

2) Sign Treaty for Cherokee Lands in GA, TN, AL, and NC and Remove the Tribe to the New Indian Territory

3)Sign Treaty for Choctaw Lands in MS and Remove the Tribe to the New Indian Territory

4) Abolish National Debt Policy

5) Extensively Tour America's Leading Port Cities

57 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

2.8.1 Signing Legislation

@pman Which legislation will Pres Wood sign?

 

S.1 Create Library of Congress (Sen Chandler) 

S.2 (Packaged)

• Michigan Statehood (Sen Peters)
• Ban Non-Christian Immigration (Sen Mangum) *Crisis Bill*

S.3 Establish the Bank of the United States (Sen Prentiss) *Crisis Bill* 

S.4 Set the Number of Supreme Court Justices to 5 (Sen Frelinghuysen) 

H.R.1 Fund a federal waterway improvement of the Hudson River (Rep Granger) *Crisis Bill* 

H.R.2 (Packaged)

• Illinois Statehood (Sec Taney)
• Standardize Military Training Manuals (Rep Baylies)

H.R.3 Set average tariff rate to 25% (Sec Horsey) *Crisis Bill*

 

Veto everything. I mean sign everything, lol.

49 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

General Diplomacy:

@pman Please direct your Ministers on which actions to take

Ask for a loan everywhere I can- where we can’t, improve relations 

Just now, ebrk85 said:

One of the starred bills please. You chair does not have enough ability to block Sen Roosevelt's proposal

 

Replace the deregulate savings and loans with the repeal of the soft drink tax 

1 hour ago, ebrk85 said:

Senate

Foreign @dkh64 do you wish to block and/or replace the starred bill?

Increase Funding for On-Going War (Sen Matsunaga) *Crisis Bill*

**Increase the size of the navy (Sen Zablocki) *Crisis Bill*

Economic @pman do you wish to block and/or replace one of the starred bills?

**Deregulate Savings and Loans (Sen Hatch) *Crisis Bill*

Tax on all energy, except alternative energy (Sen Roosevelt) *Crisis Bill*

**Ban and Penalize US Employers from/for Hiring Resident Undocumented Immigrants (Sen Pollock)

Set Income Tax bracket incomes to a range of 1.5% to 25% (Sen Jagt) *Crisis Bill*

**Expand Income Tax Loopholes (Sen Bush)

House

Domestic @pman do you wish to block and/or replace the starred bill?

Transfer Most Student Accountability, Standards, and Goals to the States (Rep Sundquist) *Crisis Bill*

**Grant funding to the police for research and improvements (Rep Dodd)

Economic @Willthescout7 do you wish to block and/or replace one of the bills below?

REPEAL Federal Job Guarantee (Sec Greenspan) *Crisis Bill*

Gasoline Tax (Rep Flaherty) *Crisis Bill*

Expand the power of the Federal Reserve over Wall Street (Rep DeLay) *Crisis Bill*

Restrict unfair labor practices, including most kinds of strikes (Rep Orr)

REPEAL Create a Highway Tax (Rep Nickles)

Set income tax bracket incomes from to a range of 11% to 50% (Rep Morton)

Replace Tax all energy with Repeal Soft Drink Tax  (unless it's just starred because it's a crisis bill and I can't get rid of it) in case,  replace de-regulate savings and loans with the repeal of the soft drink tax

3 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

Let's move on.

It won't pass anyway 😛

Haha, you're probably right.  Regardless, again, thanks, you're a great, fun mod for be willing to entertain these kinds of things.

5 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

That repeals the 12th Amendment. So you are not creating a separate election for VP. (There is a bill that creates that.) We would revert to pre-1800 election rules where every candidate is running for President. 1st place becomes President and 2nd place finisher becomes VP.

Gotcha and it's a judicial bill so I can swap it out. I don't suppose you'll let me swap out one of my other bills for it? lol. Regardless, thanks for your willingness to try things- I know these questions aren't easy on mods.

11 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

If it is a Domestic bill you can.

What bill do you think has been proposed that already does this?

Rezi’s repealing presidential tickets one should do it, shouldn’t it? The VP is in the Constitution and my amendment only speaks to the Presidency not the VP

1 hour ago, ebrk85 said:

But nobody proposed that amendment?

But isn’t that what separate elections for the President and VP does? If not, can I just replace one of the domestic bills with it?

Let me make the case for Lifetime Presidency and Separate Elections for Vice Presidency

1) We're supposed to be play testing but really what we're doing at this point is having fun and trying to win elections. Nothing wrong with that but stuck trying to win elections.

2) I understand nobody wants to pass Lifetime Presidency because it takes two of the most fun (and frustrating) parts of this game, elections and the Presidency. and basically nullifies them. 

3) However by passing both the Lifetime Presidency and Separate Elections for the Vice Presidency, we'd be keeping elections. On top of that, as long as Stan Stephens is President, if we pass both amendments I promise to basically be a figure head, Head of State. I'll do what the elected Vice President, regardless of their Party wants to do. I'll propose their cabinet, sign their laws, do what they want in terms of actions.  I think that let's us test something like this while still letting everyone have fun. 

On 4/29/2024 at 5:14 PM, ebrk85 said:

Votes please and thank you

@Euri @dkh64 @Blockmon @jnewt @DJBillyShakes @pman @10centjimmy @matthewyoung123 @Arkansas Progressive

Senate

Domestic

Create Library of Congress (Sen Chandler)

Foreign

Michigan Statehood (Sen Peters)

Ban Non-Christian Immigration (Sen Mangum) *Crisis Bill*

Economic

Establish the Bank of the United States (Sen Prentiss) *Crisis Bill*

Set average tariff rate to 5% (Sen Elliott) *Crisis Bill*

Judicial

Set the Number of Supreme Court Justices to 5 (Sen Frelinghuysen)

House

Domestic

Fund a federal waterway improvement of the Hudson River (Rep Granger) *Crisis Bill*

Foreign

Illinois Statehood (Sec Taney)

Ban Naturalization for Native Americans born outside the US (Rep Pope)

Standardize Military Training Manuals (Rep Baylies)

Economic

Set average tariff rate to 25% (Sec Horsey) *Crisis Bill*

Judicial

Life-Term President Amendment (Rep Adams)

Universal White Male Suffrage in Federal Elections Amendment (Rep Crittenden) *Crisis Bill*

Aye on everything 

12 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

2.6.1 Congressional Proposals

Executive Branch Interference:

@pman Sec Kemp can propose a white peace treaty for the war in Rwanda

WillCPU Sec Greenspan can propose an economic proposal

@dkh64 Sec Baker can propose a Foreign/Military proposal

@Arkansas Progressive AG Johnson can propose a Judicial bill which will need to be picked up

WillCOU Sec Ortega can propose a commerce related bill which would need to be picked up

@pman Sec Watt can propose a labor related bill which will need to be picked up

@Arkansas Progressive Sec Kim can propose a transportation related bill which will need to be picked up

 

Proposing/Repealing Bills:

Senate Proposers-

@pman Howard Pollock, Guy Vander Jagt, Charles Vanik

@Rezi William L Armstrong, George H W Bush

@ShortKing Abraham Ribicoff

@10centjimmy James Roosevelt

@jnewt Spark Matsunaga, Clement Zablocki

ECCPU W Kerr Scott

@DJBillyShakes Che Salazar

WillScout Orrin Hatch

 

House Proposers- 

WillCPU Jeremiah Denton, Don Sundquist

@DJBillyShakes Thomas J Dodd

@dkh64 Greg Ganske, Thurston B Morton

@pman Harold W Handley, Tom DeLay

@Rezi Robert D Orr, John E Davis, Don Nickles

@10centjimmy Peter Flaherty

@ShortKing Jim Wright

Handley : Ban Immigrants Who Are Left-Wing Radicals (platform) 

Delay: Expand the power of the Federal Reserve over Wall Street (platform)

Howard Pollack: Ban and Penalize US Employers from/for Hiring Resident Undocumented Immigrants

Guy Vander Jagt: Set Income Tax bracket incomes to a range of 1.5% to 25%

Charles Vanik: Lifetime President Amendment 

57 minutes ago, Willthescout7 said:

Sec Greenspan recommends REPEALING the Federal Jobs Guarantee

Sec Ortega recommends Create Stricter Requirement to Receive and Continue to Receive Welfare Benefits (Sen Orrin Hatch will pick this up)

PROPOSERS

 Sen Orrin Hatch proposes Deregulate Savings and Loans

Rep Jeremiah Denton proposes Make it Illegal to Interfere with military operations or recruitment

Rep Don Sundquist proposes Transfer Most Student Accountability, Standards, and Goals to the States

Welcome back. It’s good to have you back in it!

From my standpoint, the statehood bills hurt us but my side wants them and I am not running for a third term so I'll trust their vision and vote aye on everything.

3 hours ago, jnewt said:

Lol might as well have just left it the same as the last convention if you don’t care, that’d make @ebrk85’s job easier. I tried to tailor the delegates towards an MLK campaign. 

That makes sense- let’s just reuse what we had

Convention Delegates ( yes, I just copied Jnewt's, lol)

Cat 1: Maryland, California, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, Iowa (11)

Cat 2: Nebraska, Hawaii, South Carolina, Montana, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Idaho, West Virginia, Florida (10)

Cat 3: Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, New Jersey, Indiana, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Minnesota (10)

Cat 4: Mississippi, DC, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin, Alabama (11)

Cat 5: Arizona, Kansas, Delaware, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming (10)

Gov Actions

Use Office to Routinely Praise Incumbent President for everyone:

Jack Dalrymple- North Dakota
Winfield Dunn-Tennessee
John Engler-Michigan
Kirk Fordice-Missiisppi
Wally Hickel- Alaska
Charles Phelps Taft II-Ohio

8 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

House

Domestic @Arkansas Progressive do you wish to block and/or replace this bill?

Fund a federal waterway improvement of the Hudson River (Rep Granger) *Crisis Bill*

Foreign @matthewyoung123 do you wish to block and/or replace the starred bill?

Illinois Statehood (Sec Taney)

**Ban Naturalization for Native Americans born outside the US (Rep Pope)

Standardize Military Training Manuals (Rep Baylies)

Judicial @pman do you wish to block and/or replace one of the bills below?

Life-Term President Amendment (Rep Adams)

One-Term Limit for Presidents Amendment (Rep Campbell)

Replace one term limit with Universal White Male Suffrage in Federal Elections Amendment

3 hours ago, pman said:

wow, what a run of events- below are the recommendations
Waco- A

religious right- a

Somalia-b

Cambodia- a

cuba-c

 

President Stephens will stick with the above recommendations- the blunder risk is too high for that top one.

31 minutes ago, ebrk85 said:

Will's 3 guys recommend:

Waco: A

Somali: B

Cuba: C

Religious Right: A

Cambodia: A

 

ECCPU's guy recommends:

Waco: B

Somali: B

Cuba: A

Religious Right: B

Cambodia: A

Glad my cabinet is of one mind with these important events 

14 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

It's listed as not repealable.

He'll propose Fund a federal waterway improvement of the Hudson River

Btw- the above are just recommendations. I’d like to hear from my side before making a decision.

12 hours ago, ebrk85 said:

It's listed as not repealable.

Thanks- I’ll post a new law after talking to my side. We seem determined to add blue states so maybe we’re just in the have fun side of things ( which I am fine with) but I’ll check.