matthewyoung123

Foreign Affairs- BlueCons @10centjimmy Sec of State Cass can suggest actions for the President @Euri to take. Please submit them below.

Points for Legislation- Sell land in the West to the Highest Bidders. 50pts to Conservatives, Moderates, LW Activists, Big Corporations. -50pts to Liberals, Progressives, Populists, RW Activists. 63/25 so no change in party preference. 68/60 so no increase in rev-budget. 31/10 so no drop in domestic stability. 60/60 so honest gov drops by 1 to 3, and is now in crisis. Extra +1 to challengers with "Integrity" when facing "Controversial". LWPops move +1 Blue and RWPops move +1 Red. Offer Land Grants to help Populate the Mountain States, West Coast, and Southwest. +1 Agriculture in California. No election bonus. 100pts to Populists. 97/25 so no change in party pref. 27/60 so rev-budget increases by 1 to 5, Balanced. 37/20 so no increase in domestic stability. Create a National Bankruptcy Law. No election bonus. 50pts for Reformists. 40/10 97/5 13/5 so no change in dom-stab, Honest Gov, or Quality of Life. Provide land grants to populate Florida in risky areas away from the immediate protection of military forts. FL gets +2 EVs in addition to historical EVs. No election bonus. Plantation increases in FL +1. 50pts to Populists. 68/25 so no increase in party pref. 83/10 8/10 70/10 so no increase in Rev-budget or Quality of Life, but domestic stability increases by 1 to 4, Violent Protests, and still in crisis. Increase the number of Lower Court Justices. Chairman of Judicial committees and Att Gen gain 25 points; 1 random non-officeholding politician from each faction of the president's party gains +1 judicial, so long as they have at least 1 judicial; can be implemented once per presidency. @Euri gains 50pts, @10centjimmyBlueCons gains 25pts. @Euri BlueRW John W Johnston, @Euri Euri Samuel H Woodson, @10centjimmyBlueCons Rufus W Peckham Sr, @theFreezerFlame Freezer James T Lewis, @Arkansas Progressive BlueLib John S Hager all gain +1 Judicial. (I have updated them) Colorado Territory. 100pts to LWPop, RWPop, Expansionists. Colorado is now a territory and can draft politicians and politicians can move to it. Offer Land Grants to help Populate Great Plains. 33/25 so no election bonus. +1 Agriculture in Missouri. 50pts to Populists, Expansionists, Big Ag. -50pts to Moderates, Human Rights. 4/25 so party pref moves +1 Blue to Leans Blue. 6/10 rev-budget increases by 1 to 6. Mods will get +1 Enthusiasm in the next election if it stays there. No other changes. Chinese Women and Chinese Prostitute Ban. 18/25 so Gov of CA, J. Neeley Johnson of RedMod will get a +1 Bonus in the next election. 53/25 so no change in relations with China. +100pts for Cons, Nationalists, Theocrats. -100pts for Progs, LW Activists, Human Rights. Grant land rights to squatters in the West who have long remained on unoccupied land, Kansas Statehood, & Oregon Statehood. +1 Agriculture to KS. 100pts to Populists. 33/10 so no change in dom-stab. 72/10 37/10 so no change in econ stab or dom-stab. Manufacturing increases in OR +1. 12/10 97/10 so no change in econ stab or dom-stab. Kansas and Oregon are now states. There are now a total of 33 states in the Union, 18 free and 15 slave. Overall Meter Changes not mentioned above- RWPops +1 Blue to Blue +2 for RWPops having gained the most points for legislation. Party Pref moves +1 Blue to Blue +1 for gaining the most points.

Aye to all

I'll work on points tomorrow. Thank you for doing all this @Arkansas Progressive

House Chairs- George Vest- Domestic William Wilshire- Economic John O Pendleton- Foreign Campbell Polson Berry- Judicial All other members are assigned in the leadership tab.

Let's just move on!

OK, I guess I just misunderstood your initial message. I thought you said no one would challenge if I ran for those offices. Oh well. My bad. Will endorse Mitchell in the Senate. At lease Sheridan got Speaker before he retires (he's getting up there in age).

Lapham for Senate Leader & Zapato for Majority Whip. Sheridan for Speaker & Churchill for Majority Whip

Not much card movement...

President Pattison will take on Pennsylvania Gov Chauncey F Black as his protégé. Removed two pairings that were no longer valid from my faction (both Kingmakers retired).

Well, I tried. 😉

William E Russell of MA in SKing faction Woodrow Wilson of NJ in Mark_W faction

I cannot express to you how happy this makes me! LOL.

Will target Winston Churchill for party conversion.

Wade will filibuster National Suffrage for White Male Property Owners in Federal Elections Amendment. Hale will filibuster US Dollar as the nation's currency using a gold standard--free of paper money and silver to cause deflation

Nominations for my faction are accepted. Thanks!

Shifts; Thomas Chipman McRae, AR Cons->Trad Nathan P Bryan, FL Cons->Trad Carter Harrison Jr, IL Cons->Mod (faction leader ideology) Elmer Thomas, OH Mod->Cons Edward I Edwards, WA Mod->Cons Moves; Chauncey Depew from NY->VT alt state Carl Schurz from MO->NY alt state

I belive I'm still stuck with my current faction leader, Webster.

Will not challenge.

Due to ideology draft restrictions some factions will naturally have more politicians than others. Also, I ran the game 3 different times and the initial draft order seemed to be the same in each game. Need to male sure that's randomized if it isn't already.

I'm away from the sheets until at least Sunday evening so if you wanted to add up the floor votes and see what's passed and what didn't, go ahead. Then you can hit voting shenanigans if you want. I can do points when I get back. Thanks!

And now the Democrats have a majority in both Houses and the Presidency. Nice.

Voting for Will until he returns from vacation (this weekend I think)

35th US Congress- Please vote on the following legislation before the Congress. We will be without the votes of Milledge L. Bonham and Sen. Sumner for this session. Bonham is under investigation and Sumner is incapacitated for this session. For the Congressional investigation into Bonham, there were no rules that I could find for Congressional investigations in either this phase OR in 3.0, so I will adopt the Court Martial Rules in 3.0 for this purpose. "1-2 die roll chance removed from the game. 3-4 die roll removed from office. 5-6 die roll absolved." The roll is a 4, so Bonham will be removed from office, but remain in the game. He cannot be reappointed to the House, but he can run again for the office in 1858, but not as an incumbent. South Carolina Governor Robert F W Allston @10centjimmy BlueCons to name a replacement Representative to fill the SC-2 seat. @Euri @10centjimmy @theFreezerFlame @Arkansas Progressive @ConservativeElector2 @Bloot911 @Blockmon @Willthescout7 House Foreign/Military- Sell land in the West to the Highest Bidders Provide land grants to populate Florida in risky areas away from the immediate protection of military forts Offer Land Grants to help Populate the Mountain States, West Coast, and Southwest Economic- US Dollar as the nation's currency using a gold standard--free of paper money and silver to cause deflation Create a National Bankruptcy Law Judicial- Increase the number of Lower Court Justices Senate Foreign/Military- Colorado Territory Grant land rights to squatters in the West who have long remained on unoccupied land, Kansas Statehood, & Oregon Statehood Offer Land Grants to help Populate the Great Plains Judicial- National Suffrage for White Male Property Owners in Federal Elections Amendment Chinese Women and Chinese Prostitute Ban