Washington (US Political RP; 2016 ; Congress Thread ; OPEN!)

[Chewion]

Carter: "Aye."

[Tumblrena]

Washington D.C.
United States Senate
1647
Friday
July 29
2016

Senator Havich/Villanueva de Peña: "Aye"

[Alozia]

Sen. Kingston: Nay

[Imperial Esplanade]

Senator Carrollton: Nay

[The Jaclean Empire]

Senator scalise: aye

[The Fair Republic]

Senator Clark: Nay

[Tectonix]

Rep. Kiyoko, House Floor

"Mr. Speaker, I move to adjourn the recess and return the House to order."

[Chewion]

Rep. Kiyoko, House Floor

"Mr. Speaker, I move to adjourn the recess and return the House to order."

"Mr. Speaker I second that."

[Prolieum]

Senate Floor

"With all votes tallied, the bill is passed, to be recommended to the House for passage."

"This Senate will enter recess after a motion from Leader Carter."

[Chewion]

"Mr. President, I move for a roll-call vote of Republican Senators on the matter of electing a Majority Whip to fill the current vacancy. I endorse Senator Villanueva de Peña for this position."

[Prolieum]

Senate Floor

"The election is confirmed, and this Senate now stands in recess."

[Prolieum]

Senate Floor

This Senate is once again in session. The floor is open to motions.

House Floor

This House is once again in session. The House will move to take up the Restoring Local Authority to Services Act. The clerk shall read the bill.

Official Name: Restoring Local Authority to Services Act
Nickname: Vermont Medicaid Provision Act

Overview: Grants control of federal mandatory entitlement programs to the governments of the states.

Section 1: Recent actions, in Vermont in particular, have highlighted issues with the current U.S. system of mandatory entitlements. As it currently stands, the federal government imposes standards on all fifty states, despite significant differences in demographics, location, size, economy, environment, and ideology.

The tensions in this system have been shown with recent actions, ranging from Governor Danders of Vermont requesting for Congress to grant the state a waiver from the current federal system in an attempt to create a mandatory universal healthcare service, or intent by various conservatives to allow greater choice in the current system.

In the spirit of bipartisanship, with Governor Danders currently the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, it is the intention that this Congress grant him his request, and allow for state-level control of these programs, so they may be better used for the specific needs of each state.

Section 2: Hereby instates all legal authority over current systems of taxation within the border of a state, and all funds garned through that system, within the boundaries of the the impositions dedicated and directed to fund these programs, naming in specific Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, to the duly elected governments of the state in which said impositions are imposed.

Section 3: Formally and legally extends current legal systems of eligibility, payment, and any regulation on the named systems to the state, with the duly elected governments of each state then given authority to amend such regulations by their representative vote.

Section 4: Legally devolves in an identical fashion the controls, impositions, and revenue to the District of Columbia in an identical matter as is done for other states.

Section 5: Provides for a period of transition in the transference of these funds via maintaining federal aid and administration in their administration until the conclusion of the fiscal year.

This bill is then honorably presented to The United States House of Representatives for consideration in order to provide state control over mandatory entitlements to improve the United States Law and is backed by Robert Eberhardt on August 29, 2016.

[Uttland]

House Floor

"Mr. Speaker, wouldn't this bill significantly weaken federal control over taxation? We need taxes to fund countless key programs. Section two seems worrying."

[Prolieum]

House Floor

"Only specific impositions for the funding of Social Security and the like programs are transferred-the withholding payroll tax, in particular. Such is of course necessary if control of the programs is devolved-other forms of taxation will be left unchanged."

[Tectonix]

Senate Floor

"Mr. President? Motion to suspend the rules and bring to consideration the 'Declare War on ISIS' bill that is currently on the docket."

[Meelducan]

Senate Floor

"Mr. President? Motion to suspend the rules and bring to consideration the 'Declare War on ISIS' bill that is currently on the docket."

"Mr President, I second this motion."

[Alozia]

Mr. President, I would Like to propose a bill for future consideration in the Senate.

Official Name: Medicinal Marijuana Legalization Act
Nickname: MML Act

Overview: Legalizes marijuana in all states.

Section 1: Many citizens from many states suffer due to lack of medication they need, in this case marijuana. Most states thankfully have already legalized it, but some did not - Texas for example. This bill wants to fix this situation.

Section 2: Legalizes Marijuana for medicinal purposes in the United States.

Section 3: Marijuana can be perscribed by a doctor and perscription must be registered in the Govermental Medicinal Marijuana System (GMMS)

This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to legalize marijuana to improve the United States Law and is backed by John Kingston on 29 August 2016.

[Tumblrena]

Washington D.C.
United States Senate
1100
Monday
August 29
2016

Senator Havich speaks. "Mr. President I would request that the Senator from Maryland specify which bill he wants to bring to the floor. There is both the "Declaration of War on the Terrorist Group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the United States of America" and the "Formal Declaration of War on the Islamic State"

[Prolieum]

Senate Floor

"Would the Senator from Maryland clarify his intent?"

[Chewion]

Senate Floor

"Mr. President? Motion to suspend the rules and bring to consideration the 'Declare War on ISIS' bill that is currently on the docket."

"Mr. President I second this motion as well."

[Tectonix]

"Of course. I was referring to the "Declaration of War on the Terrorist Group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the United States of America" bill."

[Tumblrena]

Washington D.C.
United States Senate
1102
Monday
August 29
2016

Senator Havich spoke up. "Objection."

[Prolieum]

Senate Floor

"With opposition, the motion fails."

House Floor

Eberhardt was befuddled by the lack of discussion on a bill of such significance. Nevertheless, they could not wait forever.

"I move to call the previous question."

[Tumblrena]

Washington D.C.
United States Senate
1111
Monday
August 29
2016

Senator Villanueva de Peña steps up. "Mr. President, I would like to add the following bill to the docket, and I move to suspend all necessary rules to take it up."

Official Name: Act Working to Halt Incidences of nonconsensual Penetration
Nickname:WHIP Act

Overview: Allows for flogging on first-degree rapists in federal jurisdictions.

Section 1: Rape is a scourge on this nation, and a truly heinous crime. Rape rates on many campuses are extremely high, and the national rape rate is rising rapidly. Something must be done to stop this trend.

Section 2: Grants judges the authority to authorize flogging as sentencing for the crime of first-degree rape in Federal jurisdictions in addition to or in replacement for prison sentencing, or other such punishments.

Section 3: Bars the sentencing of flogging if five licensed medical doctors not under the employment or in any relation to or collusion with the perpetrator give testimony that the sentence is unacceptable due to a physical condition of the perpetrator.

This bill is then honorably presented to The United States Senate for consideration in order to allow flogging as punishment for first-degree rape to improve the United States Law and is backed by Senator María Antonieta Arroyo Villanueva de Peña on 29 August.

[Meelducan]

Senator Darnell stood up. "Mr President, I object to this motion."