Land of The Free: American Political Roleplay (OOC IV)

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Ok, the Fourth was hectic and it rolled right into busy work week.

What do I have to do?

Polling will be done today.

If you need an app reviewed, repost or link.

Do I need to do articles about the House And senate leadership things, or is someone else planning on doing them?

You said you were going to overhaul the OP, at a risk of reminding you of more tasks. I gotta do a post for Nevada today and collate February 2019 for the wikia history.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Don't want to shaft Jovui but maybe I should ask someone else to handle the introduction?

[Dentali]

Ok, the Fourth was hectic and it rolled right into busy work week.

What do I have to do?

Polling will be done today.

If you need an app reviewed, repost or link.

Do I need to do articles about the House And senate leadership things, or is someone else planning on doing them?

I've been swamped/needed a break/4th of july/ richardson is dealing with dorian

[Greater Arab State]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Greater Arab State
Character Name: Jennifer Marshall
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 49
Character Height: 5'3
Character Weight: 123 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Governor of Kansas (2019-Present), Commentator for Bloomberg (2017-2019), 37th Secretary of Commerce (2011-2017), Chair of Administration for the House Blue Dog Coalition (2009-2011), Representative for Kansas' 3rd Congressional District (1999-2011), Representative for the 19th District of the Kansas House of Representatives (1995-1999)
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Oklahoma
Character State of Residence: Kansas
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic (1983-Present)
Main Strengths: High name recognition within Kansas, ability to work across the aisle on legislation, strong support amongst female voters.
Main Weaknesses: Criticised by progressives as being too conservative for the Democratic Party, privileged upbringing may dampen appeal amongst blue-collar voters somewhat, somewhat weak support amongst the grassroots.
Biography:

Jennifer Gretchen Marshall (née Asquith) was born in Oklahoma City on the 15th of October, 1969. The only child of an attorney and his stay at home wife, Jennifer lived a comfortable existence, not lacking in terms of physical possessions or the unrivalled affections of her parents. The financial situation of her parents meant that Jennifer was able to attend the private Casady prep school, where she excelled in her studies. However, her high school years also saw Jennifer develop her first sense of political identity, electing to join the Democratic Party in 1983 as a result of her view that the Democratic Party was more fiscally responsible with regard to managing the finances of the United States in comparison to the perceived frivolous spending undertaken by Republican administrations. Upon graduating High School in 1988, the young Ms Asquith studied International Affairs at George Washington University, it was during her college years that Jennifer truly began to develop her political identity, actively campaigning within both the College Democrats as well as within the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries for the candidacy of then-Senator Paul Simon, an event that in combination with her parental upbringing, caused the young Jennifer to gravitate towards being a 'Blue Dog' Democrat, she would use the experience gained within the College Democrats in order to secure an internship with the DNC over the course of her college education, a matter which would stand to benefit her upon graduation.

Upon her graduation in 1992, Jennifer Asquith moved to the state of Kansas, using the experience and contacts she had developed within the Democratic Party during her studies at George Washington University in order to find employment within the Kansas State Democratic Party, specifically on the staff of the then-Representative of District 19 of the State House, although viewing a large part of the work as being relatively mundane at first, Jennifer continued to put her utmost into it, in preparation for pursuing elected office in the near future. This opportunity came within the next election cycle, with the announced retirement of the 19th District's Representative enabling Jennifer to pursue office. Running on a campaign of fiscal sustainability and a moderate social policy, despite attacks on her perceived youth and inexperience Asquith narrowly won both the Democratic primary and the general election with 36% and 50.6% of the vote respectively.

Overall, Asquith's time in the House as rather unremarkable, mostly voting in line with the Party and focused primarily on establishing connections that would enable Jennifer's political career to advance further. Despite this however, a particular area in which State Representative Asquith became notable for speaking on was agricultural policy, most notably the issue of agriculture subsidies, speaking frequently in favour of maintaining agricultural subsidies with great eloquence enabled Asquith to act as a minor surrogate for the Clifford campaign for the 1996 Presidential Election, which saw her actively campaign within her own District and the wider state, an effort which despite the state voting for (Not-Dole) enabled Asquith to enhance her credentials within the Kansas Democratic Party and acted as a springboard for her to use within the next election cycle.

Come the 1998 Midterm Elections, Asquith ran for the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas, running on her previous platform of fiscal responsibility and social moderation in addition to utilising the media coverage she had accumulated over her State House tenure in order to win the Democratic primary with 51% of the vote and then going onto being elected to the House with 53% of the vote after rather successfully courting independent and moderate voters. Soon after being inaugurated, the now Representative Asquith joined the nascent Blue Dog Coalition of fiscally conservative and socially moderate Democrats, soon after, Representative Asquith began to develop reputation for being amongst the Coalition's most eloquent speakers, regularly speaking on issues of prime concern to the Coalition, even if it times it went against the wider Democratic whip. The following year, Jennifer Asquith married Howard Marshall, an accountant who Jennifer had initially met whilst studying at George Washington University and who she had recently reconnected with through mutual friends.

However, in the wave of patriotic fervour that swept across the nation following the September 11 attacks in New York City, Representative Marshall for a time began to take interventionist foreign policy positions, supporting the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan as well as the initial Invasion of Iraq in 2003. Despite becoming critical of the lack of planning for governing Iraq post-Saddam, Representative Marshall continued to support a US, most notably by joining 30 other Blue Dog Democrats in refusing to pay party dues to the DCCC in protest of remarks by California Representative (Not-Woolsey) calling for anti-war activists to launch primary challenges against Democrats who voted against ending the Iraq War.

Come the Democratic Primaries for the 2008 Presidential Election, Representative Marshall almost immediately endorsed the candidacy of Senator Clifford, with the Representative becoming an enthusiastic surrogate for the Senator's campaign within Kansas soon after. Despite this however, Representative Marshall's attempts were in vain, with Senator Baharia decisively winning Kansas in the primaries and then going on to win the Democratic nomination. Despite this setback, Representative Marshall supported the Baharia campaign to the fullest extent possible. As a result, and despite Kansas voting for McDowd, Representative Marshall had ensured that her political position was secure, particularly within the Blue Dog Coalition, which elected her as its Co-Chair for Administration in January 2009.

Ultimately however, Representative Marshall's tenure as Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition saw it face difficulties within the House with regard to votes on legislation that the Baharia campaign had primarily campaigned on, most notably the issue of a public healthcare option, this was exacerbated further as a result of members of the Blue Dog Coalition on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including Representative Marshall, successfully delaying the House vote on the Health Insurance Reform Bill until after the 2009 summer recess, a matter which stirred a significant degree of controversy amongst the Democratic grassroots, and amongst some members of the DCCC for that matter. Consequently, the 2010 Midterms saw both Representative Marshall and her Caucus in a poor position, with the Representative having received relatively low amounts of finance and support from the DCCC due to the previous opposition of the Blue Dog Coalition to elements of the Baharia campaign's legislation. Despite this, the Kansas Representative pushed hard for the House campaigns of her fellow Caucus members, to the extent that her own campaign was neglected at times as a result. Despite her efforts though, the Blue Dog Coalition lost more than half of its members in that year's elections, including Representative Marshall, who narrowly lost with 49% of the vote.

The immediate months following her electoral defeat found the former Representative Marshall embittered as a result of the lack of support that had been afforded to her, but most importantly several of her caucus members in fighting for reelection. However, Mrs Marshall decided to avoid stoking any controversy that might damage any potential prospects for a return to political office in the future, instead electing to care for her young son and generally spend time with the family that she had been unable to enjoy fully whilst on the Hill for the time being. However, opportunity would soon after come to Mrs Marshall in the form of a vacancy for the Cabinet position of Commerce Secretary following the resignation of (Not-Locke) in the August of that year. Despite initially holding reservations regarding the position, most notably her perception that the position was primarily intended to keep her from criticising any aspect of the Administration after the Midterms, however, Mrs Marshall made the decision to accept the offer and was nominated by the Baharia Administration over that summer and fall. Marshall's confirmation was a relatively uncontroversial affair, with her emphasising both her strong record of experience on the Commerce and Energy Committee in addition to her ability to work in a bipartisan manner, consequently, Marshall was confirmed 58-42 in favour in a vote that fell for the most part on partisan lines, with a small number of Republican Senators crossing to vote in favour.

Upon being sworn-in, Secretary Marshall made it her main priority to work on Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement between the US and 11 other nations that would if successful have the record for the largest regional trade agreement in history. Secretary Marshall soon became a strong proponent of the trade agreement, arguing that it would allow American farmers to have lower prices and the ability to enjoy easier access to foreign export markets and would allow the wider US economy to continue to recover following the Great Recession. In addition, another notable issue surrounding Secretary Marshall's tenure was the thaw in relations between the United States and Cuba, despite this, Secretary Marshall pushed the White House to continue the embargo of the Cuban economy for the time being based on human rights grounds, efforts in which she was successful. Despite the relative success of her tenure at the Commerce Department, the 2016 election saw the work undertaken by the Secretary being undermined and opposed, most notably of all the work done on the TPP which after Secretary Clifford was forced to tack to the left as a result of the primaries, meant that both major parties opposed continued US membership of the TPP. Soon after, Arnold Wolf Sr was elected as President, an event which left Secretary Marshall, who had once again been an early endorser of the Clifford campaign, both astounded and to a degree disheartened, with the Secretary cutting back on media and public appearances as the transition took place, instead focusing on ensuring that the Commerce Department was fully prepared for the new Administration whilst also steadying Us trading partners over the course of the Presidential transition.

Upon the end of the Baharia Administration in January 2017, the former Secretary Marshall found herself receiving an offer to work as a commentator for the Bloomberg television network, an offer which Mrs Marshall accepted with little hesitation. Using her experience both within the House and then as Secretary of Commerce, Mrs Marshall quickly developed as a hit feature of Bloomberg, particularly as her commentary regularly criticised the President on the trade front, arguing that the increased protectionism from the US was damaging American soft power as well as leading to a poorer economic situation in the long term, placing a great deal of emphasis on the farming community with the latter. Despite this, Mrs Marshall soon became privately dissatisfied with being out of political office, something which would present an opportunity in 2018.

Come the 2018 Midterms, Mrs Marshall took the step of running for Governor of Kansas, running on a platform of fiscal centrism and responsibility as well as emphasising her experience on both the Hill and at the Commerce Department, Jennifer Marshall was able to win the nomination with 52% of the vote in the Democratic primary. Soon after, Mrs Marshall tacked to the centre ground for the general, emphasising her ability to work across the aisle on scrutinising legislation and for passing legislation, a matter evidenced through the scale of her confirmation vote in 2011, in addition, Mrs Marshall primarily focused on winning over anti-Wolf Republicans and independent voters as a result of a lack of enthusiasm for her campaign by progressive Democrats in Kansas' urban areas. Soon after, Mrs Marshall secured a surprising victory, being elected Governor with 49% of the vote.

So far, Governor Marshall's tenure has primarily been focused on supporting the agricultural community within the state of Kansas, placing a slight increase in the level of state agricultural subsidies in order to minimise the impact of the US-China trade war on Kansas farmers as well as efforts by the Governor to heal the national political divide within Kansas. Currently, Governor Marshall has remained relatively silent on the 2020 race to replace Wolf, waiting to see how the Democratic primary shapes up before taking a hard stance behind any particular candidate, although now might just be the time for such an event to take place.

Other Info: Episcopal, married to her husband of 17 years, Howard with one son, Henry (Born September 2005)

2000: Vice President (Not-Al Gore)

2004: Former General (Not-Wesley Clark), followed by Senator (Not-John Edwards)

2008: Senator Diane Clifford

2012: President Rashid Baharia

2016: Secretary Diane Clifford

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Greater Arab State
Do Not Remove: 84721

[Meelducan]

Ok, if you could get rid of one Senator in the RP who would it be?

[New Cobastheia]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: New Cobastheia
Character Name: Chip Renfus
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 44
Character Height: 5'11"
Character Weight: 200 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job:

Republican Nominee for Governor of Mississippi (2019)
US Representative from Mississippi's 4th District (2011-)

Character State of Origin: Mississippi
Character State of Residence: Mississippi
Character Party Affiliation:

Republican (1993-)

Main Strengths: Veteran, Former Football Player at Ole Miss, Generally Seen as Someone Who Wants to Help People due to his Pre-Political Career
Main Weaknesses: Brash Speaker, Has Spent Large Chunks of His Life Outside of Mississippi in Either Louisiana or DC, Never Elected to Statewide Office Before

Charles "Chip" Montgomery Renfus Jr. was born on March 11th, 1975 in Madison, Mississippi to Charles Sr. and Martha, both of whom descended from a long line of relatively wealthy Southern Democrats. He was their second-born child and second-born son and would be joined by two younger sisters by the time he was 6. As one might imagine for a family that lived in one of the wealthiest towns in Mississippi, they were relatively well off.

Madison has excellent public schools, which were where the Renfus children would spend their days. Speaking of High School, once there, Chip was much more interested in sports and girls than he was his academics. If it weren't for the fact that he was a pretty damn good player on his school's Football and Baseball teams, there's a decent chance he would've been a D+ average student given that he didn't care all that much about academics. But thanks to some intervention from the school's administration, he would graduate with a B- instead. After getting an A in his Politics class Senior year, he decided he was a Republican, much to shock and horror from his still Democratic parents. With a high school diploma under his belt, he would go on to attend the University of Mississippi after signing on to play for their Football team.

Of course, when your a College Football player, you tend not to care all that much about the academic side of things. Chip was pretty good at doing his job, becoming a star player during the [Not-Tuberville] era. But, of course, football wasn't the only thing he ever did during his time in Oxford. He went to parties, became a brother at Sigma Chi, might've gotten a Cheerleader pregnant but aborted it so we'll never know, etc, etc, basic college stuff. But besides all of those things, during his time as a Junior, he became interested in serving in the military after graduating. And so, that's what he went on to do.

Joining the Army as an Infantry Officer soon after graduating with a BA in Southern Studies with a minor in Political Science in 1997, he would first be deployed to combat during the Kosovo War, but besides that note, his four years in active duty would be fairly standard. Retiring out of active duty and into the reserves in the Summer of 2001, Chip would move to New Orleans, given the higher economic prospects when compared to Mississippi, and found work in a management role at the Port of New Orleans. Of course, 9/11 happened a few months later and quickly changed Chip's plans. He would re-join active duty as soon as physically possible and would arrive in Afghanistan and then Iraq two years later. Finally, in early 2004, he would retire once again from Active Duty at the rank of Captain, but continued to serve in the Reserves until his election to Congress. He was no war hero, he just did the job he signed up to do.

Heading back to New Orleans, this time gaining employment at the Port of South Louisiana, Chip was generally hopeful towards his future. He was adapting to civilian life, had a promising career on his hands, and was finally starting to look at the possibility of settling down much to his Mother's pleasure. Of course, for the second time in his life a major disaster would strike changing all of that, it being Hurricane Katrina this time around. Chip was able to get out of the city before landfall, being evacuated to Houston. The only thing good that came out of Chip's time in Houston is that he would finally find his future Wife, a Houstonian Nurse named Ashley Klein. By the time he was able to return home he had found his home to be rather destroyed and unliveable.

Unsure of what to do next and generally displeased by the Federal Government's response to Katrina, Chip along with the help of several other Katrina survivors would get together and found a non-profit with Chip serving as it's CEO, Rebuild New Orleans was its name and as well as its goal. It would see success helping to rebuild several neighborhoods, but it's not like one non-profit was going to rebuild all of New Orleans. As time marched on, the organization grew both in reach and size. As damaged areas remained unfixed all along the Gulf Coast, it was decided in late 2006 that the non-profit would transform itself into Rebuild the Gulf, changing its name, expanded its goal, and relocating to its HQ from Chip's Apartment in Mandeville to Gulfport.

Back home in Mississippi after ten long years, Chip was very much a different person than when he left. Politically speaking, it was nice to be back in an area that was undeniably Republican, also helped that he was a big fan of Governor [Not-Barbour] and his response to Hurricane Katrina. He was such a fan to the point where he became an independent campaign surrogate of sorts for the man during his 2007 reelection campaign. And luckily for Chip, he was able to get the attention of the Governor himself which would lead to a working relationship between Rebuild the Gulf and the State of Mississippi after [Not-Barbour] won his reelection, which as one might imagine, only helped Rebuild the Gulf in achieving its goal.

He wasn't all that surprised when Rashid Baharia was elected President, and if we're honest, he never fully understood the whole Socialist Muslim Kenyan thing. But something that did get Chip's knickers in a twist was the fact that he was represented in the House by a Conservative Democrat who, by process of being a Democrat in the US House, was supporting Baharia's and [Not-Pelosi]'s agenda. And with the encouragement of Ashley, his now Wife given that the pair got married in 2009, Chip would declare a run for the seat against the Incumbent Democrat first elected in 1988.

He would win the Republican primary over a Mississippi State Representative thanks in part to an endorsement from Governor [Not-Barbour]. In the early days of the general election, it was often thought Rep. [Not-Taylor] would be re-elected, maybe not by previous margins, but re-elected none the less. But as time marched on and Chip continually campaigned with the popular Governor, he started to rise in the polls. It also helped that he would gain the attention of local media after pausing his campaign during the first two weeks of the BP oil spill as to make sure his non-profit would be prepared to take the crisis on. As election day got closer and closer, Chip would engage in a vigorous campaign on mail-out flyers pointing out that [Not-Taylor] voted for "Hollywood Liberal" [Not-Pelosi] for the Speakership and voted in line with her and Baharia's "Coastally Elite" agenda more than 80% of the time. By the time election day was coming around, the race was labeled a toss-up by most news organizations. As night marched into the early morning, it was declared Chip won 52% to [Not-Taylor]'s 47%.

Once in Congress, Chip would get to the business of generally supporting the conservative Republican Party line, generally supporting bills that had major bipartisan support in Congress, and representing the more unique facets of his district what with it being a coastal district that faced major damage in the aftermath of Katrina and the BP oil spill. He did use the Democratic Senate to his advantage getting two bills he sponsored during his first term, one creating a government program that allowed decommissioned rigs in the Gulf to be transformed into artificial reefs and another that allocated more funds for NASA to do research in space, passed into law with bipartisan support.

When it came time for 2012, Chip had initially been planning on supporting [Not-Barbour] up until he announced he wouldn't be running. From that point on, he found himself an early endorser of [Not-Gingrich], campaigning for the man all over the South. But as the primary would march on, he would fall in line behind [Not-Romney], although given how the South votes, he wouldn't become an active surrogate for his campaign. Chip himself easily won a second term given that the Democratic nominee in his district dropped out due to his Mother's declining health and his replacement was never able to muster up much support.

As 2016 was heating up, Chip had one question when it came to who he was going to endorse, will this person win the election? See, Chip was looking to advance politically, either to the Governor's Mansion or the Senate preferably, and given the general differences between his district and the rest of the state he knew he'd have to get some kind of agriculture bill passed into law to boost the chances that the rest of the state would back him in a primary. So, he would sit back and watch waiting to see how it would all shape up before the primaries even started. Of course, before long, it was increasingly clear that the only two people Mississippians were supporting were Wolf and [Not-Cruz], so he endorsed Wolf before the Mississippi Primary. He didn't expect the man the win the general so he began planning out how to get a bill passed under a Republican Congress and a Clifford Presidency.

Of course, Wolf won and that simplified things for Chip's proposed agriculture bill, let alone any other bill he introduced that he was able to find traction for in the 115th Congress given the Republican trifecta. As he had done for most of his career he continued to generally support the Republican agenda in the House during this term. Come the 116th and his first time ever being in the minority, he found himself rather bored and still looking at higher office as he eyed the Mississippi Gubernatorial, waiting to see if the Lt Governor of his state would run. When it was announced, in early February, he wouldn't make a run, Chip jumped in, announcing around a week later in Gulfport. Naturally, he's missed a few votes so far with Congress, but he's been there to vote against the Cannabis and Gun Bills and has said he'll support action against Iran once the recess is over.

It was a crowded primary, featuring five other people running besides Chip, but Chip knew how to make room for himself in the race start right from the beginning when in his announcement speech, between the relatively usual conservative/populist/Wolfist stuff, he stated he'd accept the Medicaid expansion as Governor. He would continue to attract attention with interesting ads such as one featuring Chip, his pickup truck, his shotgun, and various Mississippi Regulatory Codes. It should also be noted that the personality-driven nature of Mississippi politics certainly helped Chip in the long run of the race given who wouldn't want to sit down and have a beer with the man? He would win a plurality of the vote in the primary held on August 7th, coming in with 34% and advancing to the runoff with the second-place finisher, a Businessman from Tupelo, who got 31%. The runoff race was heated and predicted to be close, and on August 28th it was declared Chip was the winner with 51% to 49%. So far, most have attributed Chip's win to the man who won the Lt Governor Primary, the current Secretary of State of Mississippi, who endorsed Chip soon after the first primary and campaigned with him throughout the runoff, projecting an image of a ticket that could fight against the Democrats.

As to if Chip can win the race and become the next Governor of Mississippi, well that has yet to be seen.

Other Info: Married to Ashley Renfus (b. 1979) since 2009 and has 3 children with her, Dorothy (b. 2011), Esther (b. 2013), and Chip Junior (b. 2016). Lifelong Baptist. Probably has Other Children out There Somewhere. Known to have a Particularly Active Workout Routine. Member of the Republican Study Committee.

Abortion and Guns:

Pass a Heartbeat Bill and a Bill Protecting Mississippian's Right to Bear Arms within his First 100 Days.

Education:

Pro-School Choice, Invest in Tech and Charter Schools as well as 4-Year Public Colleges, Increase Pre-K Programs.

Infrastructure:

Invest in Public Transport both on the Local and Statewide Level, Fix the Highways.

Brain Drain:

Stop it by Any Means Nessicary Including but not limited to: Tax Credits for Mississippi Students who Attend College In-State and Stay In-State Afterwards, Tax Credits for New Mississippians who work in Desirable Professions such as Engineers and Nurses, Tax Breaks for Start-Ups and Businesses Founded and Run by Recent Mississippi College Graduates, Tax Breaks for Businesses that Relocate to Mississippi, Invest in Creating a "Hot" City to keep Young People in Mississippi rather than have them move to Houston, Atlanta, or Mobile, etc, etc.

Fiscal Policy:

Cut Spending in Regulatory and Bureaucratic Agencies and Reinvest said Spending in Education and Infrastructure, Use Zero-Based Budgeting to Write Budgets.

Healthcare:

Accept the Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act (Never says BahariaCare when campaigning, and has previously supported the Republican Whip in Congress on Healthcare).

Modernizing State Government:

Issue a Commission that would evaluate the State Government and Give Recommendations on which institutions to cut as to lower overall Spending and Taxes.

Illegals:

Round 'em Up and Kick 'em Out. A Renfus Administration would protect Mississippi's Anti-Sanctuary Cities Law. Kick any Illegal Convicted of a Crime Back to Wherever They Came From.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: New Cobastheia

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Ok, if you could get rid of one Senator in the RP who would it be?

Murphy.

[Meelducan]

Ok, if you could get rid of one Senator in the RP who would it be?

Murphy.

For me it would be Fitzdaniel

[Rijkenlandd]

Article. Done.

[Velahor]

Same question, more details.

Would it be better to submit these bills as a group or individually?

1. Meat Packing Deregulation for state inspection plants and custom slaughter businesses
2. Allow raw milk sales across state lines
3. Industrial Hemp legalization
4. Mandated Country-of-Origin labeling for beef sold in interstate commerce
5. Tax credit for solar-powered electric fences
6. Broad agricultural exemption to DOT Hours of Service requirements for commercial vehicle operators

They’re all agriculture bills, and could be submitted as one bill, but I’m concerned that 3 and 4 could be problematic.

3 because SocCons and people who don’t understand that hemp can’t get you high

4 because it’s a cross-partisan issue. Wolfists, farmers, and centrist Democrats from rural states like COOL but there’s factions of both the GOP and Dems who might be hesitant. It was law for about 10 years, but was repealed in 2015 because the WTO doesn’t like it.

[Puertollano]

Ok, if you could get rid of one Senator in the RP who would it be?

Murphy.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Murphy.

Think of it this way, it's because he terrifies the hell out of me.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Same question, more details.

Would it be better to submit these bills as a group or individually?

1. Meat Packing Deregulation for state inspection plants and custom slaughter businesses
2. Allow raw milk sales across state lines
3. Industrial Hemp legalization
4. Mandated Country-of-Origin labeling for beef sold in interstate commerce
5. Tax credit for solar-powered electric fences
6. Broad agricultural exemption to DOT Hours of Service requirements for commercial vehicle operators

They’re all agriculture bills, and could be submitted as one bill, but I’m concerned that 3 and 4 could be problematic.

3 because SocCons and people who don’t understand that hemp can’t get you high

4 because it’s a cross-partisan issue. Wolfists, farmers, and centrist Democrats from rural states like COOL but there’s factions of both the GOP and Dems who might be hesitant. It was law for about 10 years, but was repealed in 2015 because the WTO doesn’t like it.

You say that as if 1 isn't extremely problematic and it undercuts any attempt for Paulson to try to cast herself as a Bull Moose.

[Main Nation Ministry]

Is there going to be lawsuits over the modifications that were done to Villalobo's car?

[Agarntrop]

I wanna do an AP sooo bad

[Main Nation Ministry]

I wanna do an AP sooo bad

Make it yourself.

[Puertollano]

Think of it this way, it's because he terrifies the hell out of me.

Probably because he's the only real progressive in the Senate.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Oh boy there's a lot of undated February events.

[Agarntrop]

I wanna do an AP sooo bad

Make it yourself.

Yeah but dont I need admin permission

[Rijkenlandd]

Is there going to be lawsuits over the modifications that were done to Villalobo's car?

Most likely not, since nearly everybody ran that superspeedway set. That and drivers that do race submit themselves to the will of God most times. There will be, however, major overhauls to it and also to the next generation race car to prevent another incident like Villalobos' crash. And several resignations too.

[Main Nation Ministry]

Make it yourself.

Yeah but dont I need admin permission

I think so.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Oh boy there's a lot of undated February events.

There's also a Westra event dated February 30th.

[Meelducan]

Make it yourself.

Yeah but dont I need admin permission

Yeah you do because last time someone wrote an AP Article two people were nearly in tears over it

[Main Nation Ministry]

Yeah but dont I need admin permission

Yeah you do because last time someone wrote an AP Article two people were nearly in tears over it

Which AP Article?

[Meelducan]

Don’t know if I should move forward with the speaker stuff