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Correct. Anything marked "Economics" in column U would be allowed.

@Bushwa777 @WVProgressive @Rezi @Bloot911 @Joe303300 @Murrman104 @ShortKing @Rodja @jnewt @10centjimmy Apologies to @Rodja but I am using CPU rules and not packaging his bills so I can post the next stage as I will be short on time this week. With that said it's time for final votes. 2.7.3 Legislative Voting Phase S.R. 1 Create Columbus Day as a Federal Holiday S.R. 2 (Package) Repeal Ban German Immigrants Retire outdated Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and military officers S.R. 3 Create the Office of Management and Budget S.R. 4 Require President to Fill VP Vacancy Amendment S.R. 5 Ban Racial Segregation in schools, employment and public accommodations (Crisis Bill) S.R 6 Repeal Set the Punishment for Counterfeiting Currency to Death H.R. 1 Establish Government Transparency H.R. 2 Equal Pay for Women for work requiring the same skill, effort, and responsibility (Crisis Bill) H.R. 3 Federal Criminalization of Hard Drugs H.R. 4 Raise Minimum Wage to $1 an Hour (Crisis Bill) H.R. 5 Create the Job Corps Bills will go to the house first needing 50%+1 to pass then the Senate needing 60%. Filibustering: Any Senator with Puritan and at least 2 Legis ability may call for a filibuster to delay the vote for one bill for a half-term. Only one is eligible this time around, Sen Claude Pepper (FL) @10centjimmy Please quote this post and enter in your votes for each package or bill.

Congress in Session Everyone may propose their legislation now. Details below. Reminder you may submit new bills from "LegisProps" tab or repeal something if its allowed from the "LegisActive" tab. Spending Bills: We will be limited to just ONE spending bill this session (and that includes crisis legislation spending). This is because of the rev/budget meter being at 1. (Hint: Might need to consider raising the debt ceiling. Which is always a fun fight lol) Executive Branch Interference: Sec Sebelius @Vicx may make an economic proposal and Sec Donough @Vicx may make a military proposal. Since they are both efficient and dealing with a crisis if won't count against the legislator's proposals. President Warner @Hestia may reject these proposals before they go to Congress if he wishes. Congressional Proposers @WVProgressive Sen Tom Cotton Sen Rand Paul Sen Ben Sasse Sen Mike Lee Sen Bob Goodlatte Rep Jackie Walorski Rep Mike Johnson @pman Sen Johnny Isakson @ConservativeElector2 Sen Richard Burr Sen Ron Johnson Rep Paul Gosar Rep Mike Simpson Rep Ryan Zinke Rep Louie Gohmert @Brunell Rep Brett Guthrie @jnewt Sen Barbara Boxer Sen Elizabeth Warren @Vicx Sen Bob Menendez Sen Chuck Schumer Rep Jackie Rosen Rep Hillary Clinton @Hestia Rep Seth Moulton @Murrman104 Rep Rashida Tlaib Rep Keith Ellison

BrunellCPU Gov Actions (successful rolls only) Gov Huckabee (FL)- Advocate Traditional Family Values no effects Gov Kempthorne (ID)- Decrease State Gov Jobs no effects Gov McIntosh (IN)- Gerrymander +1 Red bias to house races for 10yrs Gov Dalrymple (ND)- Decrease State Gov Jobs 100pts to WVP Gov Abbott (TX)- Decrease State Gov Jobs 100 pts to WVP, CE2

Because we were having so much fun with appointments let's keep it going. Ambassador to France Caroline Kennedy @jnewt General Ernie Fletcher ( @Brunell) How do you vote on the above? @Murrman104 @jnewt @Vicx @pman @ConservativeElector2 @Brunell @WVProgressive

Committee Votes @Bushwa777 @WVProgressive @Rezi @Bloot911 @Joe303300 @Murrman104 @ShortKing @Rodja @jnewt @10centjimmy Bills were cut due to our spending limit. Those proposed first get to move on. Proposal order is determined per rules by: "Roll for each Congressperson (except for those in leadership or Chair positions), beginning with level 5 legislators from the majority party, then level 5 legislators from the minority, and onward down to the level 1 legislators if necessary." Those that have the option below, let me know if you are packaging any of your bills. Senate Bills Domestic Create Columbus Day as a Federal Holiday Passes 18-5 Foreign @Murrman104 do you want to package? If you do, as committee chair with legis 5 and efficient, you may add any tax or income tax increase to this package. Repeal Ban German Immigrants Passes 16-6 Institute a Peacetime Military Draft *spending* Passes 13-9 but over spending bill limit and gets cut Retire outdated Weaponry, tactics, training, military technology, and military officers Passes 17-5 Economic Create the Office of Management and Budget *spending* Passes 17-6 Judicial @Murrman104 do you want to package? (Amendment must remain separate) Require President to Fill VP Vacancy Amendment Passes 16-6 Ban Racial Segregation in schools, employment and public accommodations (Crisis Bill) Passes18-4 Repeal Set the Punishment for Counterfeiting Currency to Death Passes 12-10 House Bills Domestic Establish Government Transparency Passes 15-12 Create the Department of Housing and Urban Development *spending* Passes 17-10 but cut for too many spending bills Foreign Repeal Grant President Power to Call National Military Draft (Crisis Bill) Fails 11-15 Create NASA *spending* Passes 13-12 but cut Economic @Rodja do you want to package? Raise Minimum Wage to $1 an Hour (Crisis Bill) Passes 19-8 Create the Job Corps *spending* Passes 14-13 Judicial @10centjimmy do you want to package? Separate Election for Vice President Amendment (includes primaries) Fails 12-14 (was interested to see that play out but saves me a lot of work haha) Equal Pay for Women for work requiring the same skill, effort, and responsibility (Crisis Bill) Passes 19-7 Federal Criminalization of Marijuana *spending* Passes 16-10 but cut Federal Criminalization of Hard Drugs *spending* Passes 21-5

2.5.3 Supreme Court Decisions Points for Justices @Vicx 150 @WVProgressive 100 @jnewt 100 @pman 50 @Hestia 50 National Federation of Independent Businesses vs. Sebelius Is Affordable Care Act legal? Initial Vote is 6 Yea (Roberts, Sotomayor, Gilbertson, Breyer, Kagan, Garland) to 2 Nay (Landau, Srinivasan) Shenanigans: Iron Fisted Pres Warner compels Srinivasan to switch vote to yea Final Vote Yea 7 Nay 1 (Historical Outcome) 200 pts to Public Healthcare Thompson v Clark Must a plaintiff suing for malicious prosecution show that he or she was affirmatively exonerated of committing the alleged crime? Initial Vote is 0 Yea to 9 Nay No shenanigans needed Final Vote Yea 0 Nay 9 (Historical Outcome) 50pts to Moderates Action to @Hestia and @Brunell for Gov Actions

Results above New AL Gov is Gale Clark and she will be assigned to @WVProgressive (lowest scoring red faction)

Action to @Bloot911 and @ShortKing for their committee votes.

Sooooo looking at something else made me realize we/I did one thing wrong in cabinet voting. The nuclear option for cabinet appointments was invoked by Reid back in 2013. So for this playtest that is already in effect and they only needed 50 votes to pass not 60. Which means the following people actually passed: Sec of Treasury Kathleen Sebelius Sec of Labor Rodney Slater Sec of Energy Tom Vilsack (The rest still failed) Of course this changes the lingering phase. And while still very bad it helped out some. Planet Health drops by 1 instead of 2 (to a 4) Domestic Stability stays at a 5 instead of dropping by 1 And the big one Economic Stability drops by 2 instead of 3 so we are "only" at a 2 Great Recession and the game won't end in 8 years. Of course Mil Prep is still a 1 so nobody go start a war. Also Party Pref goes another tick red so now Red +2

He's a little late to the party with that one!

I sensed a theme.

@jnewt You made a valiant effort in trying to improve the meters. So thanks for that just no dice.

It's so much more interesting to see who votes for what in the older history tests. The modern playtest it is pretty easy to know ahead of time. Blue on one side, Red on the other. But here it depends on the bill. Some everyone is for except 10Cent and Joe30 (LW). Others Bushwa and Murrman (RW) might agree versus everyone else. And then other bills are more split along party lines. Just a wide array of factions arrangements across the board. Could make packaging bills out of committee more exciting. One the left likes, one the left hates. What do they do? Vote for it or against it?

Results in bold

@pman ok that's cool. Class 1 has 11 so you can take one of them out and put in Class 2 or 5. And then I add in the missing one once I notice what that is lol

Results above

@pman for AK and KS what group to place them in? 1-5 with 1 being the first to vote.

Somewhat odd they are in the same session but basically one takes away the President's power to call a draft on his own. While the other is Congress instituting a draft.

Whoa that will shake up the primaries for sure.

Your faction is against this?? 😉

That's V's doc but all of the relevant actions they can take have been added to our spreadsheet. Just go under the "GovActions" tab which I've marked red.