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Postby Britanno » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:13 am

There has been a long debate about this so I move to start the voting
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Postby Great Nepal » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:15 am

Britanno wrote:There has been a long debate about this so I move to start the voting

There is still debate going on, so I oppose.
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Postby Britanno » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:17 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Britanno wrote:There has been a long debate about this so I move to start the voting

There is still debate going on, so I oppose.


I can't help thinking that the same arguments are being repeated over and over again. Most senators will have made up their minds after 6 pages of debate.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:43 am

Britanno wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:There is still debate going on, so I oppose.


I can't help thinking that the same arguments are being repeated over and over again. Most senators will have made up their minds after 6 pages of debate.

I agree. However, I think we might need to sort out the fact that both bills duplicate and contradict each other to quite a large extent.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:45 am

Fulflood wrote:
Britanno wrote:
I can't help thinking that the same arguments are being repeated over and over again. Most senators will have made up their minds after 6 pages of debate.

I agree. However, I think we might need to sort out the fact that both bills duplicate and contradict each other to quite a large extent.

Maybe send both to coffee shop to be redrafted into one bill?
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Postby Phing Phong » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:34 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Fulflood wrote:I agree. However, I think we might need to sort out the fact that both bills duplicate and contradict each other to quite a large extent.

Maybe send both to coffee shop to be redrafted into one bill?


That's a good idea. The current arrangement is complicated and confusing.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:34 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Fulflood wrote:I agree. However, I think we might need to sort out the fact that both bills duplicate and contradict each other to quite a large extent.

Maybe send both to coffee shop to be redrafted into one bill?

I tried it back here:
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=239510&p=14895831#p14895831
dans le spoiler.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:36 am

Fulflood wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Maybe send both to coffee shop to be redrafted into one bill?

I tried it back here:
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=239510&p=14895831#p14895831
dans le spoiler.

Both side would need to support that and sow would all the co-sponsors. So, it should really be in coffee shop.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:37 am

Great Nepal wrote:

Both side would need to support that and sow would all the co-sponsors. So, it should really be in coffee shop.

Yeah, I wondered if this was legal or not.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:48 am

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Postby Costa Alegria » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:53 am

I think, for the sake of democracy, we should move with a vote. If you don't like it, vote against it. Simple. None of this filibustering. Not whilst I'm here.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:56 am

Costa Alegria wrote:I think, for the sake of democracy, we should move with a vote. If you don't like it, vote against it. Simple. None of this filibustering. Not whilst I'm here.

The trouble is we all do like it, because both bills essentially say the same thing in different ways.
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Postby Costa Alegria » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:58 am

Fulflood wrote:
Costa Alegria wrote:I think, for the sake of democracy, we should move with a vote. If you don't like it, vote against it. Simple. None of this filibustering. Not whilst I'm here.

The trouble is we all do like it, because both bills essentially say the same thing in different ways.


So? Vote for one, defeat the other. It's a win-win either way. Point is, if we keep this discussion going on for much longer, it could set a precedent. And I'd rather we had an efficient democracy rather than a fringe ogilarchy, so to speak.
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Postby Phing Phong » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:01 am

Costa Alegria wrote:I think, for the sake of democracy, we should move with a vote. If you don't like it, vote against it. Simple. None of this filibustering. Not whilst I'm here.


Though I cannot speak for other senators, I am not filibustering. I hope to see the best quality of legislation possible passed, and if that requires an extended debate, so be it. As it stands, there is enough overlap between the two bills in the omnibus that they should be combined.

I move that the two bills are sent back to the Coffee Shop to be combined, after which they shall take second place in the current queue, and that we now start debating the Governmental Subdivision Creation Act.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:04 am

Costa Alegria wrote:
Fulflood wrote:The trouble is we all do like it, because both bills essentially say the same thing in different ways.


So? Vote for one, defeat the other. It's a win-win either way. Point is, if we keep this discussion going on for much longer, it could set a precedent. And I'd rather we had an efficient democracy rather than a fringe ogilarchy, so to speak.

The we need to agree on which one to vote for.
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Postby Fulflood » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:05 am

Phing Phong wrote:
Costa Alegria wrote:I think, for the sake of democracy, we should move with a vote. If you don't like it, vote against it. Simple. None of this filibustering. Not whilst I'm here.


Though I cannot speak for other senators, I am not filibustering. I hope to see the best quality of legislation possible passed, and if that requires an extended debate, so be it. As it stands, there is enough overlap between the two bills in the omnibus that they should be combined.

I move that the two bills are sent back to the Coffee Shop to be combined, after which they shall take second place in the current queue, and that we now start debating the Governmental Subdivision Creation Act.

Second.
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Postby Great Nepal » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:05 am

Fulflood wrote:
Phing Phong wrote:
Though I cannot speak for other senators, I am not filibustering. I hope to see the best quality of legislation possible passed, and if that requires an extended debate, so be it. As it stands, there is enough overlap between the two bills in the omnibus that they should be combined.

I move that the two bills are sent back to the Coffee Shop to be combined, after which they shall take second place in the current queue, and that we now start debating the Governmental Subdivision Creation Act.

Second.

Third.
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Postby Britanno » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:11 am

Great Nepal wrote:
Fulflood wrote:Second.

Third.


Fourth
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Postby Ainin » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:21 am

Britanno wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:Third.


Fourth

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Postby Belmaria » Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:49 am

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Britanno wrote:
Fourth

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Postby Wolfmanne » Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:08 am

Belmaria wrote:
Ainin wrote:Fifth

Sixth

Seventh.
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Postby Britanno » Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:10 am

Am I right in thinking that this is next in line for debate?

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Postby Wolfmanne » Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:18 am

Britanno wrote:Am I right in thinking that this is next in line for debate?

Governmental Subdivision Creation Act

Yes, however I move to remove the National Judiciary Act:

1. It would contradict the Judicial Act.
2. The Judicial Act has already passed and we have a functioning judicial system.
3. It's a poor system, which was created to be a provisional system until we had a fully-functioning one. The Judicial Act provides a fully-functioning one.
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Postby Of the Quendi » Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:19 am

Wolfmanne wrote:
Britanno wrote:Am I right in thinking that this is next in line for debate?

Governmental Subdivision Creation Act

Yes, however I move to remove the National Judiciary Act:

1. It would contradict the Judicial Act.
2. The Judicial Act has already passed and we have a functioning judicial system.
3. It's a poor system, which was created to be a provisional system until we had a fully-functioning one. The Judicial Act provides a fully-functioning one.

Seconded.
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Postby Phing Phong » Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:21 am

Of the Quendi wrote:
Wolfmanne wrote:Yes, however I move to remove the National Judiciary Act:

1. It would contradict the Judicial Act.
2. The Judicial Act has already passed and we have a functioning judicial system.
3. It's a poor system, which was created to be a provisional system until we had a fully-functioning one. The Judicial Act provides a fully-functioning one.

Seconded.

Thirded.
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