The Senate Lobby: Fake News Lives Here

[Davincia]

Oh wow. Ow. That hurt. I really didn’t care to stop you. Just wasn’t happy with you being an arse

Calm down this time eh

Remember how long ago and now-irrelevant what you are discussing is. Just chill and go on with that conservative libertarian stuff.

That is quite... odd.

[The Sarian]

I will also be writing a Government Establishment Act, but for anyone else who is thinking of doing so there's a great resource here.

[Kamchastkia]

I will also be writing a Government Establishment Act, but for anyone else who is thinking of doing so there's a great resource here.

Good. Please do.

[Improved werpland]

I will also be writing a Government Establishment Act, but for anyone else who is thinking of doing so there's a great resource here.

Didn't we vote not to do a Government Establishment Act or am I mistaken?

[Kamchastkia]

I will also be writing a Government Establishment Act, but for anyone else who is thinking of doing so there's a great resource here.

Didn't we vote not to do a Government Establishment Act or am I mistaken?

No. Pretty sure admins said that stuff will be left to when the senate starts.

[New World Oceania]

I will also be writing a Government Establishment Act, but for anyone else who is thinking of doing so there's a great resource here.

Didn't we vote not to do a Government Establishment Act or am I mistaken?

The opposite: we voted to do a GEA instead of a constitutional convention.

[The Sarian]

I will also be writing a Government Establishment Act, but for anyone else who is thinking of doing so there's a great resource here.

Didn't we vote not to do a Government Establishment Act or am I mistaken?

Opposite in fact, we voted to have one.

[Hakons]

[*]Bicameralism. A small upper chamber expands political intrigue and roleplaying opportunities. It can slow some things down, but just enough to make things more interesting — not so much that it will hurt the roleplay. As for the lower chamber, I am still unsure about whether everyone will be automatically a part of this (as opposed to it being elected, and everyone being a part of subnational chambers).

If we were to have a bicameral legislator, I would support having all participants automatically be in the lower house. Then, some form of elections will determine which participants are in the upper house. If we are to have districts, participants could be assigned a district and a certain number of the participants could win a seat in the upper house while the rest are in the lower house.

[Conservative Hellenic Union]

Right Wing Party has arrived

[Lamaredia]

Hey my dudes! It's been a while! Since I've been out of the loop since late 2016/early 2017, is there currently a nation up or is it still being established? I tried finding the application thread to get back into things, but I could only find the archived 6.0 one

[Roosevetania]

Hey my dudes! It's been a while! Since I've been out of the loop since late 2016/early 2017, is there currently a nation up or is it still being established? I tried finding the application thread to get back into things, but I could only find the archived 6.0 one

Hi! We're very close to starting back up, just waiting for the admins to post the new threads. You can just wait in this thread until they do post them, and you can apply then.

[Roosevetania]

Still not very interesting, but here's the party diagram...

[Jagellion]

Where can I apply? The applications thread in the OP in archived...

[Roosevetania]

Where can I apply? The applications thread in the OP in archived...

You can just wait and contribute here, until the next iteration starts soon!

[Lamaredia]

Hey my dudes! It's been a while! Since I've been out of the loop since late 2016/early 2017, is there currently a nation up or is it still being established? I tried finding the application thread to get back into things, but I could only find the archived 6.0 one

Hi! We're very close to starting back up, just waiting for the admins to post the new threads. You can just wait in this thread until they do post them, and you can apply then.

Ah, nice! I'll keep check! Quick question, I was last here for the 5th iteration (although I think the 3rd/4th was the last one I was really active in), I only missed one iteration right? What was the story of that one, and what is the story of the current one? I'm guessing we're a greek nation from some of the party names?

[Jagellion]

Where can I apply? The applications thread in the OP in archived...

You can just wait and contribute here, until the next iteration starts soon!

Alright thanks.

[Roosevetania]

Hi! We're very close to starting back up, just waiting for the admins to post the new threads. You can just wait in this thread until they do post them, and you can apply then.

Ah, nice! I'll keep check! Quick question, I was last here for the 5th iteration (although I think the 3rd/4th was the last one I was really active in), I only missed one iteration right? What was the story of that one, and what is the story of the current one? I'm guessing we're a greek nation from some of the party names?

The last one was a small, diverse nation called Fernão in the Indian Ocean. The upcoming iteration is the Ionian Sea nation of Galatea, being majority-white and -Christian, though with several notable minorities. Currently, it looks like Galatea will be multi-party, because no big tent parties have arisen.

[Martune]

As a parliament, how will the speaker position work?

[Lamaredia]

As a parliament, how will the speaker position work?

Depends, if the parliament is similar to the Swedish riksdag for example, the current standard is that each party of the four biggest parties gets to nominate their own speaker. There's the first speaker that is in charge of the parliament if he's there, nominated by the largest party. There's the first vice speaker, who is in charge if the first speaker isn't there, nominated by the second. Then there's the second and third vice speaker, who are successively further down the ladder, and nominated by the third and fourth largest party.

Of course, that might be too many for a smaller nation.

EDIT: More info, the speaker position is the highest elected position that you can have in Sweden. He's lower in rank than the king (although the king has no real power) but higher than the prime minister. He's the one who gives out the mandate to form a government, and works pretty much exactly how the president pro tempore has worked in earlier iterations as far as I know.

[Roosevetania]

As a parliament, how will the speaker position work?

We usually hold nominations then vote. The speaker is not unbiased like the British House of Commons Speaker. They usually don't have much power like Lamaredia said; they just schedule debate and keep order.

[Lamaredia]

As a parliament, how will the speaker position work?

We usually hold nominations then vote. The speaker is not unbiased like the British House of Commons Speaker. They usually don't have much power like Lamaredia said; they just schedule debate and keep order.

Oh, I was sure it was the PPT who gave out the mandate to form government, must've remembered incorrectly.

To be fair, now that I think about it, I never did it myself when I was the PPT so I'm probably just an idiot.

[New World Oceania]

We usually hold nominations then vote. The speaker is not unbiased like the British House of Commons Speaker. They usually don't have much power like Lamaredia said; they just schedule debate and keep order.

Oh, I was sure it was the PPT who gave out the mandate to form government, must've remembered incorrectly.

To be fair, now that I think about it, I never did it myself when I was the PPT so I'm probably just an idiot.

Oh my God, when were you last here? I haven't heard the term "PPT" since Aurentina. We should bring that back!

Different note: GEA draft (maybe?) incoming tonight. Depends if Eshan and I get smashed.

[Eshan]

Depends if Eshan and I get smashed.

I am a million percent onboard with this plan.

[Martune]

As a parliament, how will the speaker position work?

We usually hold nominations then vote. The speaker is not unbiased like the British House of Commons Speaker. They usually don't have much power like Lamaredia said; they just schedule debate and keep order.

I’m familiar with the job and duties. But if we nominate the speaker the does he vote still? I know UK speaker doesn’t so that’s why I’m asking

[MERIZoC]

We usually hold nominations then vote. The speaker is not unbiased like the British House of Commons Speaker. They usually don't have much power like Lamaredia said; they just schedule debate and keep order.

I’m familiar with the job and duties. But if we nominate the speaker the does he vote still? I know UK speaker doesn’t so that’s why I’m asking

That's up to the GEA or other bills to determine.