Washington 2017: The U.S. Political RP: IC [CLOSED]

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"If that's your core problem with such a proposal, we can cross that bridge when we get there. That's an entirely different fight for a whole other day."

"Besides, Cal Reed is also an outspoken proponent of school-choice. I believe we may have a case to spare such a stipend, and even a possible ally, in the face of a looming balanced budget fight."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"If that's your core problem with such a proposal, we can cross that bridge when we get there. That's an entirely different fight for a whole other day."

"Besides, Cal Reed is also an outspoken proponent of school-choice. I believe we may have a case to spare such a stipend, and even a possible ally, in the face of a looming balanced budget fight."

"Where do you stand on school choice?"

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I respectfully think that school choice alone is a bit of a red herring. Choice means little when our best teachers are ill-equipped to do their job to the best of their ability and our schools are unable to get rid of teachers who are not preparing our kids for the future they deserve. I think the best thing to do is to genuinely reform our education system, not just simply shuffling money around."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I respectfully think that school choice alone is a bit of a red herring. Choice means little when our best teachers are ill-equipped to do their job to the best of their ability and our schools are unable to get rid of teachers who are not preparing our kids for the future they deserve. I think the best thing to do is to genuinely reform our education system, not just simply shuffling money around."

"I can get on board with that, tell me how do you feel about LGBTQ issues vs Religious Freedom?"

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I think that's a bit of a broad question, personally." Phillip said, taking the last bite out of his sandwich.

"On one hand, I don't support the government bullying God-fearing Christian folks into doing things for people whose moral choices they sincerely conflict with, nor do I support anyone bullying gays or lesbians into becoming straight or otherwise."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I think that's a bit of a broad question, personally." Phillip said, taking the last bite out of his sandwich.

"On one hand, I don't support the government bullying God-fearing Christian folks into doing things for people whose moral choices they sincerely conflict with, nor do I support anyone bullying gays or lesbians into becoming straight or otherwise."

"I'm with you on that.. truly as a Libertarian Republican I'm all about personal rights. I want to reach a compromise, one between the LGBTQ and relgiious organizations. It will be a series of bills, starting small and working through as many issues between the groups as possible."

[Main Nation Ministry]

January 3rd, 2017

Velma Salazar

I was busy on my laptop I using on the bed, while Cox was at the city and Karen was at college, attending to a friend who recently got back from the dentist. I heard Cox downstairs, as he went through the front door, saying the typical "Honey, I'm home" phrase. I went downstairs to prep lunch while I greet him. "So how was things down at the office?", I said while at the kitchen. "Velma, I got an online news thing that might be good for you."

"Online news? I'm not sure, I follow though."
"Down at the Los Angeles Journal, they looking for some reporters for this thing they will post on Youtube."
"Reporters? But Cox, I only work as a secretary." I knew what Cox wanted me to do, but I was reluctant. I never took any journalism classes or anything in college, so I didn't have the interest in it.

"Velma, what about your job if Scotty wins. He might replace you as secretary. Hires his own, who knows." Cox was using Scotty as an excuse.
"Cox, I don't know."
"It's just going to be an audition. If you fail, it's ok. You just gotta talk in front of a camera and whatever with a name tag with your name on it! It starts tomorrow. Velma, it's going to be fine. I will be in the city with you, ok? I be there with you when you get in the car heading back home."
I made a sigh and said, "Fine. If it makes you happy."

I wasn't the one who wanted to be the center of attention. Cox had the skills to get the opposite of what I wanted to do. It was going to be tomorrow was where I wanted to get it over with.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"Seems like we're jumping around a good bit, but it seems like an intriguing series of bills at the least. Do you have anything planned in that regard?"

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"Seems like we're jumping around a good bit, but it seems like an intriguing series of bills at the least. Do you have anything planned in that regard?"

"Conti and I... Yes that Conti just hear me out. We starting with an employment, financial and housing bill. Protects small businesses under 15 employees, 90% of them, and religious organizations."


Fowler hands over a folder

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L9N3qHnEW7BpryT9RXkeq-0aXSn-NsXx8LY-uWGNSaw/edit?usp=sharing

"If you wanna take a look. Not the final but we are looking to bring it to the floor soon."

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
Prejean took the folder, sighed as he took out his reading glasses, and held it in front of him to read the documents within it. Upon finishing, he folded his eyeglass and put them back into the case he had taken out from his pocket.

"Well, Mr. Fowler, unfortunately I am not sure I am able to support this legislation, at least as it is written. One of the questions I have is regarding how it would affect one employee expressing his or her personal views on the matter of same-sex marriage, particularly if one of the employees happens to be a gay or a lesbian. I would also feel more comfortable with the bill if religion were included, and just as emphasized in the protections within it as sexual orientation, as an overall protected class. Might as well make it the Civil Rights Act of 2017." Prejean said with a chuckle, handing the folder back to Fowler. "As it stands, it appears to be more so an assault on religious freedom and religious expression than a defense of either."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
Prejean took the folder, sighed as he took out his reading glasses, and held it in front of him to read the documents within it. Upon finishing, he folded his eyeglass and put them back into the case he had taken out from his pocket.

"Well, Mr. Fowler, unfortunately I am not sure I am able to support this legislation, at least as it is written. One of the questions I have is regarding how it would affect one employee expressing his or her personal views on the matter of same-sex marriage, particularly if one of the employees happens to be a gay or a lesbian. I would also feel more comfortable with the bill if religion were included, and just as emphasized in the protections within it as sexual orientation, as an overall protected class. Might as well make it the Civil Rights Act of 2017." Prejean said with a chuckle, handing the folder back to Fowler. "As it stands, it appears to be more so an assault on religious freedom and religious expression than a defense of either."

"I had a similar concern regarding expression in the workplace, we are working on that language currently. As for defending religious freedom this is a compromise bill, its not going to give either side everything they want, but it will be an equitable agreement. Social Conservatives like yourself will have a great deal of input before the final draft, I promise you."

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"Well even if I do not ultimately agree with the contents of this bill, I do appreciate your sincere effort in trying to find a solution to a legitimate problem."

"Anything else you'd like to offer?" Phillip said, forming a pyramid with his fingers as he sat upright into his chair.

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"Well even if I do not ultimately agree with the contents of this bill, I do appreciate your sincere effort in trying to find a solution to a legitimate problem."

"Anything else you'd like to offer?" Phillip said, forming a pyramid with his fingers as he sat upright into his chair.

"Lets turn things back, did you get a chance to read the Pension Insurance Reform bill I put on the docket?"

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"Unless I've somehow missed the inauguration and didn't know about it, we have yet to be sworn in as freshman senators and thus have yet to put anything on the legislative docket for the upcoming session."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"Unless I've somehow missed the inauguration and didn't know about it, we have yet to be sworn in as freshman senators and thus have yet to put anything on the legislative docket for the upcoming session."

"Okay that I posted for the other senators to read before I proposed it?"

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I have yet to see such a copy, Mr. Fowler. Would you happen to have one with you?"

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I have yet to see such a copy, Mr. Fowler. Would you happen to have one with you?"

Fowler hands over docket

(I'm on my phone, check the congress thread)

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
'So much for inconsequential' Prejean thought to himself, adjusting himself and re-applying his reading glasses as he looks over the folder's contents.

"I don't want to seem like a pessimist today, Mr. Fowler, but this bill gives authority to the very people who had set up the system to fail to begin with. You're allowing the people who had been running a proverbial ponzi-scheme to adjust existing pension plans to make any number of amendments which may, in all likelihood, result in the elderly being screwed over all the more. The one thing I'm not going to do is to unintentionally allow exploitation of the elderly. I'm fine with them running a temporary deficit on this issue, so as long as we set up the program to stabilize in the not-so-distant future. We ought to be targeting reforms for future pensions, especially for people our age, as opposed to making drastic changes to pensions right now. Too many people are dependent on that money to survive."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
'So much for inconsequential' Prejean thought to himself, adjusting himself and re-applying his reading glasses as he looks over the folder's contents.

"I don't want to seem like a pessimist today, Mr. Fowler, but this bill gives authority to the very people who had set up the system to fail to begin with. You're allowing the people who had been running a proverbial ponzi-scheme to adjust existing pension plans to make any number of amendments which may, in all likelihood, result in the elderly being screwed over all the more. The one thing I'm not going to do is to unintentionally allow exploitation of the elderly. I'm fine with them running a temporary deficit on this issue, so as long as we set up the program to stabilize in the not-so-distant future. We ought to be targeting reforms for future pensions, especially for people our age, as opposed to making drastic changes to pensions right now. Too many people are dependent on that money to survive."

"It makes them personally liable for the schemes, which they aren't right now. And any changes they wish to make have to be approved by the PBGC heck to make any changes in the first place they have to be approved by the PBGC. I also wrote in that plans for people less than 10 years away from retirement can't change."

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I see nothing in section two about folks having a say in such negotiations regarding their own plans. As it stands, it looks like the trustees and the PBGC making decisions on their behalf."

"Section three, as it is written, doesn't make any such prohibition for those under ten years, rather it only requires plans for those who are over ten years away to be approved for amendments to their plans."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"I see nothing in section two about folks having a say in such negotiations regarding their own plans. As it stands, it looks like the trustees and the PBGC making decisions on their behalf."

"Section three, as it is written, doesn't make any such prohibition for those under ten years, rather it only requires plans for those who are over ten years away to be approved for amendments to their plans."

"The trustees, include unions, employees and the company"

[Imperial Esplanade]

Harte Senate Office Building
"That's making an assumption, actually, as a 'trustee' is, by nature, anyone who is entrusted to make such a decision on another's behalf. The same would hold true under this particular piece of legislation."

[Dentali]

Harte Senate Office Building
"That's making an assumption, actually, as a 'trustee' is, by nature, anyone who is entrusted to make such a decision on another's behalf. The same would hold true under this particular piece of legislation."

"I will make it clear in the next draft"

[Dentali]

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Briefing

William B. Brennan Speaking



“I would like to take a moment to thank you for your gracious invitation to address you here tonight, and for giving me a chance to reaffirm my unwavering and constant support for the state of Israel.”

“America should and will support freedom-loving people, striving for a free and secure state. But Israel has now and always will have a special bond with our nation, a bond through peace and war, prosperity and hardship. A bond that those who do not understand, our shared love of liberty and struggle against oppression, will never fully appreciate.”

“I have had the pleasure of visiting Israel 7 times since I began my career in politics, I have visited the Dome of the Rock, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Western Wall and walked the Via Dolorosa. One cannot help but be moved by such sights, radiating with spiritualism. I have come to this congress almost every year since joining congress, missing only twice. Each year I have watch this conference grow larger and the bonds between our nations grow stronger.”

“On my last trip to Israel I got to see Iron-Dome, a truly astounding achievement in our partnership and a project I want to see replicated in Korea and around the globe with our allies. What we have achieved together… we can never fully express, I stand here to thank you for Israel’s commitment to the United States and the constant struggle of democracy over tyranny.”

“This last administration has been hard on all of us in this room, our bonds though strong became strained. Let these last few years stand as a testament to our continued resolve to stand beside one another and work towards greater prosperity. I tell you now we have an incoming President with unwavering commitment to your nation, to get tough on ISIS and terror. To keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons, that will not stand for human rights abuses and terrorism. Iran stands for destruction, bankrolling terrorists and testing ballistic missiles, all the while committing to a dialogue of genocide against the jewish people. I say ‘NO MORE’.”

“Israel is our greatest ally, especially in the struggle against terrorism. Together we must step up our sanctions of Iran, stop Iran from delivering weapons and supplies to terrorists across the world. We will re-affirm our commitment to Israel’s security and well being, I will not accept rockets and suicide bombers becoming a daily reality for children walking to school. And the measure the nation of Israel has taken to stop these threats must be studied adopted by other nations under the threat of terrorism.”

“We have much work to do, many more threats to both our nations but together we shall overcome. New systems like Iron Dome, on the bleeding edge of defense will help us defend against, detect and destroy terrorists, whether in the tunnels of Gaza and the Lebanon to the desert of Syria.”

“I want to make a pledge before you all right now, as you know after the President is sworn in cabinet nominations will occur. The UN ambassador will face one question from me before any other… ‘Will you continue to tolerate the anti-Israeli bias in the UN?’. If that nominee does not answer with a firm and committed ‘NO’ I swear I will fight their nomination with all my power, and I am sure everyone in this room will do the same.”

“Looking further to the future I want to see peace in the middle east in my lifetime. I know you all want that as well, in 2000 the Palestinians were offered 95% of the West Bank and all of Gaza, in 2008 even more was offered. Israel has totally withdrawn from Gaza and only got Hamas Rockets in thanks, time and time again Israel has come to the table and made generous offers. Israel is here to stay, period. I want peace, I want a land where children can walk to school without worrying about bombs and rockets, where armed soldiers don’t need to protect them. But I will not accept a land where Israel does not have a place.”

“So thank you AIPAC, and thank you my colleagues for allowing me to speak here tonight. I am truly honored, god bless America, god bless Israel, goodnight and know you do not stand alone.”

[Tallahassee News Station]

Carter Roberts
Reddit AMA

Hello, people of Reddit. I'm Carter Roberts. You may know me as a former college basketball player for Yale, an NBA player for the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs, or the former assistant coach of several NBA, college, and minor league teams. Now, I'm running for Senate as a Republican in my home state of Connecticut. This is my first-ever AMA, so wish me luck! Ask me anything!

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Hey Roberts, so I'm a gun owner and a taxpayer and I wanna know why you think my tax dollars should go to making it harder for people to exercise their SECOND amendment rights!