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Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:31 pm**

"Aye."

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:48 pm**

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:04 pm**

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:05 pm**

Ana Ernst hates the Standing Rules but doesn't like the bare-bones bill at vote. After speaking to the President, she decides getting rid of the Standing Rules is more important and caves.
"Aye."

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:29 pm**

"Aye"

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 4:37 pm**

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Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:15 pm**

Aye !

Posted: **Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:22 am**

Posted: **Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:23 pm**

From the Desk of the President

MESSAGE TO THE SENATE
RE: Executive Nominations
Madam President,

This message is transmitted to inform the Senate that I have nominated the following individuals to my Cabinet and seek the advice and consent of the Senate on their confirmation.

Polly Handsom of Ferdinand (Merizoc), to be Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Emily Ndereba of New Guernsey (Coconut Isle), to be Secretary of Finance and Economic Development
Salvador O'Hara of Fortaleza (Beta Test), to be Attorney General
Fawzia Hussain of Sarkar (Maklohi Vai), to be Secretary of Defense
Ana Ernst of Ma'abara (Roosevetania), to be Secretary of Education and Community Affairs
Alexios Viel of Ferdinand (Tectonix), to be Secretary of Health and Labour
Luen Veas of New Guernsey (Eredion), to be Secretary of Public Works
Elsinore Ophelia-Eliot of Ma'abara (New World Oceania), to be Secretary of Culture and Equality
Peter Janzen of Ferdinand (Soviet Canuckistan), to be Secretary of Rural Development
Nisha Gadhavi of New Guernsey (Socialist Nordia), to be Secretary of the Environment

Respectfully Submitted, August 2, 2017
Vienna Eliot
President of the Republic

Posted: **Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:24 pm**

Posted: **Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:34 pm**

"Order, the vote has come to a close. The proposed resolution has passed with eleven ayes and two nays.

We will now consider the nominees submitted by the President."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:28 am**

"Madam President, I see no reason to oppose any of the nominees placed before us by the President. Since we have further bills to discuss and work to be done, I move to approve the nomination of the President's appointments by unanimous consent."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:55 am**

"I object. We need a clearer picture of how the government's chief law enforcement officer will enforce the law before voting on Mr. O'Hara's nomination. In addition, the President should not be appointing relatives to the highest levels of government."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:41 pm**

"The president has left much to be desired with their cabinet choices. The senate has an obligation to scrutinize these poor choices and control the executive branch more effectively."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:01 pm**

"Madam President, seeing the objections raised by the Honourable Senators and the fact that we must begin debate over these nominees, I move to begin twenty-four hours of debate over Secretary-designate of Foreign Affairs Polly Handsom (Merizoc), Secretary-designate of Finance and Economic Development Dr. Emily Ndereba (Coconut Isle), and Attorney General-designate Salvador O'Hara (Beta Test). During this period of debate, Senators may deliberate over the nominations and ask questions of the nominees themselves."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:38 pm**

Tectonix wrote:"Madam President, seeing the objections raised by the Honourable Senators and the fact that we must begin debate over these nominees, I move to begin twenty-four hours of debate over Secretary-designate of Foreign Affairs Polly Handsom (Merizoc), Secretary-designate of Finance and Economic Development Dr. Emily Ndereba (Coconut Isle), and Attorney General-designate Salvador O'Hara (Beta Test). During this period of debate, Senators may deliberate over the nominations and ask questions of the nominees themselves."

We can consider more than three at once. That was a restriction of the repealed Standing Rules. In fact, we are already in the business of considering all of them.

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:15 pm**

"On second thought, Madam President, I withdraw my motion in favour of scrutinizing the nominees put forward by the President."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:19 pm**

New World Oceania wrote:
Tectonix wrote:"Madam President, seeing the objections raised by the Honourable Senators and the fact that we must begin debate over these nominees, I move to begin twenty-four hours of debate over Secretary-designate of Foreign Affairs Polly Handsom (Merizoc), Secretary-designate of Finance and Economic Development Dr. Emily Ndereba (Coconut Isle), and Attorney General-designate Salvador O'Hara (Beta Test). During this period of debate, Senators may deliberate over the nominations and ask questions of the nominees themselves."

We can consider more than three at once. That was a restriction of the repealed Standing Rules. In fact, we are already in the business of considering all of them.

"Duly noted, Honourable Senator. As such, Madam President, I remove my motion from consideration, and I invite my colleagues to begin questioning the nominees at this time."

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:25 pm**

"This question is directed to Polly Handsom. With the recent geopolitical landscape being volatile in both Europe and the United States, how is Fernao expected to retain good relations with the west?"

Posted: **Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:57 pm**

Some senator, who is probably, but not definitely, Reza Kassem, or maybe even David Bloom, walks into the chamber and takes his (or her!) seat.

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:07 am**

"Mr. President, I rise in support of all these nominees and my nomination to the Cabinet. I will fight for the communities of Fernão and the people of Ma'abara. I am open to any questions posed to me either in this Chamber or in private."

Posted: **Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:03 pm**

I think this was meant to be posted here.

Lykens wrote:"Seeing as debate has been exhausted, we will now begin voting on the nominees for twenty four hours."

Also, I apologize for the last minute notice. Collatis will be replacing Merizoc as my nominee for foreign secretary. Sorry for the inconvenient timing.

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