FLAMES OF LIBERTY (Congress)

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FLAMES OF LIBERTY

THE CONGRESS THREAD
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[hr][/hr]This bill is then honorably presented to the (insert which house) for consideration in order to (brief explanation of what the bill will accomplish) to improve the United States Law and is backed by (your characters name) on (insert date)[/box]

House Docket

AAA ACT

Sponsors: Representative Thomas C. Byrne (D-NY-7)

Senate Docket

Food Stamp Act

Sponsors: Senator Emily Nelson (Republican-New York)

GVR Act

Sponsors: Senator Emily Nelson (Republican-New York), Senator Nigel Gary (Republican-California), Senator James Grant Long (Democratic-Louisiana)

GOBOAA ACT

Sponsors: Senator William D. Sparks (Democratic-Alabama)

Tabled Bills

Share Our Wealth Act

Sponsors: Senator James Grant Long (Democratic-Louisiana)

President's Desk / Enacted

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RULES

General
Include the name of your character whenever voting, and either their name, or the chamber, when posting.

The Speaker and President Pro Tempore will maintain order; i.e., declare which legislation is being considered.

House
Any bill may be brought up by a motion to suspend the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority to pass.

All motions require a second, save a motion to end the questioning period of a bill.

No bills ratifying treaties may originate in the House.

The Speaker retains broad powers to determine consideration of a bill, or close debate.

All remarks addressed to "Mr. Speaker."

A bill may be killed with a motion to lay on the table, which requires a simple majority to pass. It may be raised from the table via a suspension of the rules.

A bill may be killed with a motion to postpone indefinitely, which requires a simple majority to pass.

Senate
Limit to two posts/speeches per bill when in a set period of debate, but no limit on length, and the Senator speaking may yield to an unlimited number of questions.

All statements during a questioning period from the Senate must be in the form of a question, and all responses in the form of a statement.

Any Senator may ask unanimous consent to proceed on a bill, and any Senator may object.

A bill may be killed with a motion to lay on the table, which requires a simple majority to pass. It may be raised from the table via a suspension of the rules.

A bill may be killed with a motion to postpone indefinitely, which requires a simple majority to pass.

Filibustering requires only the announcement of the indication to filibuster a bill when an attempt is made to enter voting procedure. If called on, consecutive posts may be made for the filibuster speech.

All remarks addressed to "Mr. President."

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Official Name: The Long Plan

Nickname: Share Our Wealth

Overview: This Bill is presented to assist the people of America, with education, a four day work week, a federal pension, additional subsidies for farmers, a mass expansion of Public Works, and a free Medical plan for all United States’ citizens, and a household estate and a minimum annual income.

Sponsor: James Grant Long
Co-Sponsors: Elizabeth Goodyear Roosevelt

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Section 1: Shocked and appalled by:
1. The poverty that is seen in the streets.
2. The idea that something as basic as health is seen as a commodity.
3. The fact that housing is not being treated as a serious issue, as it is.
4. The lack of education seen in this great nation.
5. The mistreatment, and ignorance of the elderly.

Section 2: This bill, therefore, seeks to begin:
1. An massive expansion of Public Works, and the resurrection Works Progress Administration, to assist both in infrastructure and solving unemployment.
2. Grant a Household Estate of $10000 a year.
3. A reduced work week of 40 hours a week, and a minimum of 4 weeks paid vacation.
4. A grant for subsidised college/higher education, funded by the Federal Government, and free primary education to be significantly more well-funded, with the establishment of a Department of Education
7. The establishment of a Agricultural Assistance Administration, to regulate, and subsidise Farming.
8. A war on disease, and the establishment of a federal health insurance company, to assist those in need of the right of healthcare.

Section 3: Recognising the financial requirements of this bill, this bill will cap:
1. a maximum inheritance of $500 million
2. a maximum annual income of $50 million
3. an individual's private wealth to $2.5 billion

Section 4: In our strive to assist the people of this nation, this bill will also enact:
1. A reduction of the federal income tax, on the lower and middle classes.
2. A rise on the federal income tax for the highest income bracket.

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This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to assist the people to improve the United States Law and is backed by James Grant Long on 1st of January 1960

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Official Name: Guaranteed Voting Rights Act of 1960

Nickname: GVR Act

Overview: Enforces the right of all citizens the vote regardless of race or color.

Sponsor: Senator Emily Nelson (Republican-New York)
Co-Sponsors: Senator Nigel Gary (Republican-California), Senator James Grant Long (Democratic-Louisiana)

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Section 1: AN ACT To enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall be known as the "Guaranteed Voting Rights Act of 1960"

Section 2: No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on any account.

Section 3: (a) Federal examiners by the United States Civil Service Commission in accordance with section 6 to serve for such period of time and for such political subdivisions as the court shall determine is appropriate to enforce the guarantees of the fifteenth (1) as part of any interlocutory order if the court determines that the appointment of such examiners is necessary to enforce such guarantees or (2) as part of any final judgment if the court finds that violations of the fifteenth justifying equitable relief have occurred in such State or subdivision: Provided, That the court need not authorize the appointment of examiners if any incidents of denial or abridgement of the right to vote on any account (1) have been few in number and have been promptly and effectively corrected by State or local action, (2) the continuing effect of such incidents has been eliminated, and (3) there is no reasonable probability of their recurrence in the future.

(b) If in a proceeding instituted by the Attorney General under any statute to enforce the guarantees of the fifteenth amendment in any State or political subdivision the court finds that a test or device has been used for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the right of any citizen of the United States to vote, it shall suspend the use of tests and devices in such State or political subdivisions as the court shall determine is appropriate and for such period as it deems necessary.

(c) If in any proceeding instituted by the Attorney General under any statute to enforce the guarantees of the fifteenth amendment in any State or political subdivision the court finds that violations of the fifteenth amendment justifying equitable relief have occurred within the territory of such State or political subdivision, the court, in addition to such relief as it may grant, shall retain jurisdiction for such period as it may deem appropriate and during such period no voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting different from that in force or effect at the time the proceeding was commenced shall be enforced unless and until the court finds that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on any account: Provided, That such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure may be enforced if the qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure has been submitted by the chief legal officer or other appropriate official of such State or subdivision to the Attorney General and the Attorney General has not interposed an objection within sixty days after such submission, except that neither the court's finding nor the Attorney General's failure to object shall bar a subsequent action to enjoin enforcement of such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure.

Section 4: (a) To assure that the right of citizens of the United States to vote is not denied or abridged on account of race or color, no citizen shall be denied the right to vote in any Federal, State, or local election because of his failure to comply with any test or device in any State with respect to which the determinations have been made under subsection (b) or in any political subdivision with respect to which such determinations have been made as a separate unit, unless the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in an action for a declaratory judgment brought by such State or subdivision against the United States has determined that no such test or device has been used during the five years preceding the filing of the action for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on any account: Provided, That no such declaratory judgment shall issue with respect to any plaintiff for a period of five years after the entry of a final judgment of any court of the United States, other than the denial of a declaratory judgment under this section, whether entered prior to or after the enactment of this Act, determining that denials or abridgments of the right to vote on any account through the use of such tests or devices have occurred anywhere in the territory of such plaintiff. An action pursuant to this subsection shall be heard and determined by a court of three judges in accordance with the provisions of section 2284 of title 28 of the United States Code and any appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court. The court shall retain jurisdiction of any action pursuant to this subsection for five years after judgment and shall reopen the action upon motion of the Attorney General alleging that a test or device has been used for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on any account.

If the Attorney General determines that he has no reason to believe that any such test or device has been used during the five years preceding the filing of the action for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on any account, he shall consent to the entry of such judgment

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply in any State or in any political subdivision of a state which (1) the Attorney General determines maintained on November 1, 1956, any test or device, and with respect to which (2) the Director of the Census determines that less than 80 percentum of the persons of voting age residing therein were registered on November 1, 1956, or that less than 60 percentum of such persons voted in the presidential election of November 1956.

A determination or certification of the Attorney General or of the Director of the Census under this section or under section 6 or section 13 shall not be reviewable in any court and shall be effective upon publication in the Federal Register.

(c) The phrase "test or device" shall mean any requirement that a person as a prerequisite for voting or registration for voting (1) demonstrate the ability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter, (2) demonstrate any educational achievement or his knowledge of any particular subject, (3) possess good moral character, or (4) prove his qualifications by the voucher of registered voters or members of any other class.

(d) For purposes of this section no State or political subdivision shall be determined to have engaged in the use of tests or devices for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color if (1) incidents of such use have been few in number and have been promptly and effectively corrected by State or local action, (2) the continuing effect of such incidents has been eliminated, and (3) there is no reasonable probability of their recurrence in the future.

(e)
(1) Congress hereby declares that to secure the rights under the fourteenth of persons educated in American-flag schools in which the predominant classroom language was other than English, it is necessary to prohibit the States from conditioning the right to vote of such persons on ability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter in the English language.
(2) No person who demonstrates that he has successfully completed the sixth primary grade in a public school in, or a private school accredited by, any State or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the predominant classroom language was other than English, shall be denied the right to vote in any Federal, State, or local election because of his inability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter in the English language, except that, in States in which State law provides that a different level of education is presumptive of literacy, he shall demonstrate that he has successfully completed an equivalent level of education in a public school in, or a private school accredited by, any State or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the predominant classroom language was other than English.

Section 5: Whenever a State or political subdivision with respect to which the prohibitions set forth in section 4(a) are in effect shall enact or seek to administer any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting different from that in force or effect on November 1, 1956, such State or subdivision may institute an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for a declaratory judgment that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on any account, and unless and until the court enters such judgment no person shall be denied the right to vote for failure to comply with such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure: Provided, That such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure may be enforced without such proceeding if the qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure has been submitted by the chief legal officer or other appropriate official of such State or subdivision to the Attorney General and the Attorney General has not interposed an objection within sixty days after such submission, except that neither the Attorney General's failure to object nor a declaratory judgment entered under this section shall bar a subsequent action to enjoin enforcement of such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure. Any action under this section shall be heard and determined by a court of three judges in accordance with the provisions of section 2284 of title 28 of the United States Code and any appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court.

Section 6: Whenever (a) a court has authorized the appointment of examiners pursuant to the provisions of section 3(a), or (b) unless a declaratory judgment has been rendered under section 4(a), the Attorney General certifies with respect to any political subdivision named in, or included within the scope of, determinations made under section 4(b) that (1) he has received complaints in writing from twenty or more residents of such political subdivision alleging that they have been denied the right to vote under color of law on any account, and that he believes such complaints to be meritorious, or (2) that, in his judgment (considering, among other factors, whether the ratio of nonwhite persons to white persons, registered to vote within such subdivision appears to him to be reasonably attributable to violations of the fifteenth amendment or whether substantial evidence exists that bona fide efforts are being made within such subdivision to comply with the fifteenth amendment), the appointment of examiners is otherwise necessary to enforce the guarantees of the fifteenth, the Civil Service Commission shall appoint as many examiners for such subdivision as it may deem appropriate to prepare and maintain lists of persons eligible to vote in Federal, State, and local elections. Such examiners, hearing officers provided for in section 9(a), and other persons deemed necessary by the Commission to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act shall be appointed, compensated, and separated without regard to the provisions of any statute administered by the Civil Service Commission, and service under this Act shall not be considered employment for the purposes of any statute administered by the Civil Service Commission, except the provisions of section 9 of the Act of August 2, 1939, as amended (5 U.S.C. 118i), prohibiting partisan political activity: Provided, That the Commission is authorized, after consulting the head of the appropriate department or agency, to designate suitable persons in the official service of the United States, with their consent, to serve in these positions. Examiners and hearing officers shall have the power to administer oaths.

Section 7: (a) The examiners for each political subdivision shall, at such places as the Civil Service Commission shall by regulation designate, examine applicants concerning their qualifications for voting. An application to an examiner shall be in such form as the Commission may require and shall contain allegations that the applicant is not otherwise registered to vote.

(b) Any person whom the examiner finds, in accordance with instructions received under section 9(b), to have the qualifications prescribed by State law not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States shall promptly be placed on a list of eligible voters. A challenge to such listing may be made in accordance with section 9(a) and shall not be the basis for a prosecution under section 12 of this Act. The examiner shall certify and transmit such list, and any supplements as appropriate, at least once a month, to the offices of the appropriate election officials, with copies to the Attorney General and the attorney general of the State, and any such lists and supplements thereto transmitted during the month shall be available for public inspection on the last business day of the month and, in any event, not later than the forty-fifth day prior to any election. The appropriate State or local election official shall place such names on the official voting list. Any person whose name appears on the examiner's list shall be entitled and allowed to vote in the election district of his residence unless and until the appropriate election officials shall have been notified that such person has been removed from such list in accordance with subsection (d): Provided, That no person shall be entitled to vote in any election by virtue of this Act unless his name shall have been certified and transmitted on such a list to the offices of the appropriate election officials at least forty-five days prior to such election.

(c) The examiner shall issue to each person whose name appears on such a list a certificate evidencing his eligibility to vote.

(d) A person whose name appears on such a list shall be removed therefrom by an examiner if (1) such person has been successfully challenged in accordance with the procedure prescribed in section 9, or (2) he has been determined by an examiner to have lost his eligibility to vote under State law not inconsistent with the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

Section 8: Whenever an examiner is serving under this Act in any political subdivision, the Civil Service Commission may assign, at the request of the Attorney General, one or more persons, who may be officers of the United States, (1) to enter and attend at any place for holding an election in such subdivision for the purpose of observing whether persons who are entitled to vote are being permitted to vote, and (2) to enter and attend at any place for tabulating the votes cast at any election held in such subdivision for the purpose of observing whether votes cast by persons entitled to vote are being properly tabulated. Such persons so assigned shall report to an examiner appointed for such political subdivision, to the Attorney General, and if the appointment of examiners has been authorized pursuant to section 3(a), to the court.

Section 9: (a) Any challenge to a listing on an eligibility list prepared by an examiner shall be heard and determined by a hearing officer appointed by and responsible to the Civil Service Commission and under such rules as the Commission shall by regulation prescribe. Such challenge shall be entertained only if filed at such office within the State as the Civil Service Commission shall by regulation designate, and within ten days after the listing of the challenged person is made available for public inspection, and if supported by (1) the affidavits of at least two persons having personal knowledge of the facts constituting grounds for the challenge, and (2) a certification that a copy of the challenge and affidavits have been served by mail or in person upon the person challenged at his place of residence set out in the application. Such challenge shall be determined within fifteen days after it has been filed. A petition for review of the decision of the hearing officer may be filed in the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which the person challenged resides within fifteen days after service of such decision by mail on the person petitioning for review but no decision of a hearing officer shall be reversed unless clearly erroneous. Any person listed shall be entitled and allowed to vote pending final determination by the hearing officer and by the court.

(b) The times, places, procedures, and form for application and listing pursuant to this Act and removals from the eligibility lists shall be prescribed by regulations promulgated by the Civil Service Commission and the Commission shall, after consultation with the Attorney General, instruct examiners concerning applicable State law not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States with respect to (1) the qualifications required for listing, and (2) loss of eligibility to vote.

(c) Upon the request of the applicant or the challenger or on its own motion the Civil Service Commission shall have the power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence relating to any matter pending before it under the authority of this section. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, any district court of the United States or the United States court of any territory or possession, or the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or is domiciled or transacts business, or has appointed an agent for receipt of service of process, upon application by the Attorney General of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Commission or a hearing officer, there to produce pertinent, relevant, and nonprivileged documentary evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation, and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.

Section 10: (a) No person acting under color of law shall fail or refuse to permit any person to vote who is entitled to vote under any provision of this Act or is otherwise qualified to vote, or willfully fail or refuse to tabulate, count, and report such person's vote.

(b) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for urging or aiding any person to vote or attempt to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for exercising any powers or duties under section 3(a), 6, 8, 9, or 11(e).

(c) Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address, or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable to any political office.

(d) Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of an examiner or hearing officer knowingly and willfully falsifies or conceals a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Section 11: (a) Whoever shall deprive or attempt to deprive any person of any right secured by section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, or shall violate section 10(a) or (b), shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(b) Whoever, within a year following an election in a political subdivision in which an examiner has been appointed (1) destroys, defaces, mutilates, or otherwise alters the marking of a paper ballot which has been cast in such election, or (2) alters any official record of voting in such election tabulated from a voting machine or otherwise, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both

(c) Whoever conspires to violate the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or interferes with any right secured by section 2, 3 4, 5, 7, or 10(a) or (b) shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(d) Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice prohibited by section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, or subsection (b) of this section, the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, an action for preventive relief, including an application for a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order, or other order, and including an order directed to the State and State or local election officials to require them (1) to permit persons listed under this Act to vote and (2) to count such votes.

(e) Whenever in any political subdivision in which there are examiners appointed pursuant to this Act any persons allege to such an examiner within forty-eight hours after the closing of the polls that notwithstanding (1) their listing under this Act or registration by an appropriate election official and (2) their eligibility to vote, they have not been permitted to vote in such election, the examiner shall forthwith notify the Attorney General if such allegations in his opinion appear to be well founded. Upon receipt of such notification, the Attorney General may forthwith file with the district court an application for an order providing for the marking, casting, and counting of the ballots of such persons and requiring the inclusion of their votes in the total vote before the results of such election shall be deemed final and any force or effect given thereto. The district court shall hear and determine such matters immediately after the filing of such application. The remedy provided in this subsection shall not preclude any remedy available under State or Federal law.

(f) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section and shall exercise the same without regard to whether a person asserting rights under the provisions of this Act shall have exhausted any administrative or other remedies that may be provided by law

Section 12: Listing procedures shall be terminated in any political subdivision of any State (a) with respect to examiners appointed pursuant to clause (b) of section 6 whenever the Attorney General notifies the Civil Service Commission, or whenever the District Court for the District of Columbia determines in an action for declaratory judgment brought by any political subdivision with respect to which the Director of the Census has determined that more than 80 percentum of the nonwhite of voting age residing therein are registered to vote, (1) that all persons listed by an examiner for such subdivision have been placed on the appropriate voting registration roll, and (2) that there is no longer reasonable cause to believe that persons will be deprived of or denied the right to vote on account of race or color in such subdivision, and (b), with respect to examiners appointed pursuant to section 3(a), upon order of the authorizing court. A political subdivision may petition the Attorney General for the termination of listing procedures under clause (a) of this section, and may petition the Attorney General to request the Director of the Census to take such survey or census as may be appropriate for the making of the determination provided for in this section. The District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction to require such survey or census to be made by the Director of the Census and it shall require him to do so if it deems the Attorney General's refusal to request such survey or census to be arbitrary or unreasonable.

Section 13: (a) All cases of criminal contempt arising under the provisions of this Act shall be governed by section 151 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C.1995).

(b) No court other than the District Court for the District of Columbia or a court of appeals in any proceeding under section 9 shall have jurisdiction to issue any declaratory judgment pursuant to section 4 or section 5 or any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction against the execution or enforcement of any provision of this Act or any action of any Federal officer or employee pursuant hereto.

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(1) The terms "vote" or "voting" shall include all action necessary to make a vote effective in any primary, special, or general election, including, but not limited to, registration, listing pursuant to this Act, or other action required by law prerequisite to voting, casting a ballot, and having such ballot counted properly and included in the appropriate totals of votes cast with respect to candidates for public or party office and propositions for which votes are received in an election.
(2) The term "political subdivision" shall mean any county or parish, except that, where registration for voting is not conducted under the supervision of a county or parish, the term shall include any other subdivision of a State which conducts registration for voting.

(d) In any action for a declaratory judgment brought pursuant to section 4 or section 5 of this Act, subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend the District Court for the District of Columbia may be served in any judicial district of the United States: Provided, That no writ of subpoena shall issue for witnesses without the District of Columbia at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding court without the permission of the District Court for the District of Columbia being first had upon proper application and cause shown.

Section 14: The Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, jointly, shall make a full and complete study to determine whether, under the laws or practices of any State or States, there are preconditions to voting, which might tend to result in discrimination against citizens serving in the Armed Forces of the United States seeking to vote. Such officials shall, jointly, make a report to the Congress not later than June 30, 1961, containing the results of such study, together with a list of any States in which such preconditions exist, and shall include in such report such recommendations for legislation as they deem advisable to prevent discrimination in voting against citizens serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Section 15: Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise adversely affect the right to vote of any person registered to vote under the law of any State or political subdivision.

Section 16: There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act

Section 17: If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

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This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to enforce the 15th Amendment to improve the United States Law and is backed by Emily Nelson on January 1, 1960

[Newne Carriebean7]

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Official Name: Withdrawal of United States Military Personnel from the African Campaign

Nickname: Get Our Boys Out of Africa Act, (GOBOAA),

Overview: To ensure the swift, but measured, withdrawal of American combat-dutied and non-combat role personnel in Africa.

Sponsor: U.S. Senator William D. Sparks (Democratic-Alabama)
Co-Sponsors:

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Section 1: Over a period of eight months, shall begin the withdrawal of American combat forces currently deployed in Free French Africa. This will be undertaken and directed by the United States Military Command in Africa with co-ordination from Washington D.C. Such careful withdrawals will have a goal of forty thousand American combat and noncombatant personnel leaving every such month.
Section 1: (a) In Intensive Combat Zones with high levels of combat action or areas with a significant to minor frequency of engagements within it's respectful zone, no troop withdrawal will be undertaken so as to decive our enemies of a weakening front-line capacity. Select military companies that have seen intensive combat operations since the start of the Africa Campaign will have 80% reduction in overall troop capacity, with the remaining 20% serving as skilled advisors and trainers to new military personnel being sent to the front-lines.
Section 1: (b) American forces will be withdrawn utilizing any and all viable method, dictated by both the United States Navy and the United States Army, with intervention from the commander in chief if practical. American combat personnel leaving French Africa will have their units be withdrawn to the ports of St Louis and Dakar. Naval Forces will escort such vessels from possible enemy attacks via the seas, and will be tasked mainly with the protection and supervision of the withdrawal back to the United States.

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This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to withdraw American personnel from an inhospitable continent to improve the United States Law and is backed by William D. Sparks on January 1, 1960

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Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, I'm registering a motion to bring the GVR Act to the floor by unanimous consent.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana): Mr President, I also call the Long Plan to vote. We’re gonna solve poverty in this nation for once and for all!

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana): Mr President, I also call the Long Plan to vote. We’re gonna solve poverty in this nation for once and for all!

Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, I object to a vote on the Long Plan, as the senate should debate it before voting.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana): Mr President, I also call the Long Plan to vote. We’re gonna solve poverty in this nation for once and for all!

Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, I object to a vote on the Long Plan, as the senate should debate it before voting.

Senator James Long (D-Louisiana): Mr President, let’s do that. But mark my words, if we don’t pass this, now or later, a mob is coming here in six months to hang most of you other ninety-nine of you damned scoundrels, and I'm undecided whether to stick here with you or go out and lead them.

Senator Nigel Gary (R-California):
Please, Mr President, let us have some order in this house.

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Senator Nigel Gary (R-California):
Please, Mr President, let us have some order in this house.

An aide brings a letter from Senator Emily Nelson to Senator Nigel Gary.

You know, you could just second my motion and we can move this forward.

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[Democratic - President pro Tempore]: "Order please! Senator Long, I would like to request that you rescind your statement as it is unbecoming for a member of this chamber to make threats to the physical safety of fellow Senators."

The President then turned to Senator Emily Nelson. "Objection granted. The floor is now open to debate the merits of 'The Long Plan' bill."

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U.S. Senator William D. Sparks (Democratic-Alabama):

"Mr. President, The bill in question that the Senator from Louisiana has proposed is one of the most radical and intrusive expansions of the Federal Government since Federal Debt Raiser FDR himself! If you lower the funds that the government will take in, while increasing the amount of money being spent, it is a simple principal of economics, heck, math even! We will be driven further into debt, even with all the spending that the President signs that has continued to ruin this good country!

Among other things, this bill will add another layer of unnecessary federal beaurecracy between American school rooms and the parents of children that need to be taught lessons. This is not the purview of the federal government, this bill will usurp the rights of states to set their own laws of education, laws that vary because what will work for one state will not work for another state. We need a state-by-state education system, not hand-fisting it all into Uncle Sam's corrupt pockets!"

The elderly Alabaman then resumed his seat, eager to see how that 'mad dog of the south' would reply to his attacks. He gripped the edge of his chair tightly until his knuckles were as white as a klan meeting.

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Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, The Long Plan calls for an expansion of public works, while doing nothing to explain what, other than simply call for more infrastructure. As far as anyone could tell, the intention is for us to 'solve unemployment' by hiring millions of people to dig trenches with their hands. I worry that he might well be proposing that level of absurdity, because it'd still be more within the realm of reason that the household estate plan, which given the roughly 50 million households in this country, would constitute this congress spending roughly 100% of the Nation's GDP.

As for the average workweek, it is very near 40 hours on average as is. where we see exceptions, it is often for good reason due to the demands of the given field. Not all hours of work are equally strenuous. For example, if this proposal is anything to go on, 100 hours of work for some in this body is a breeze compared to a single hour of labor for the average american. This is why these specifics of hours are best worked out between employee and employer, not by government bureaucrats. To the extent the government ought to intervene, it should be to empower the employee to make choices reasonable on their own or through a union depending on their circumstances. We already have many agricultural administrations, we don't need a new one to weigh down our farmers in additional bureaucracy that only the richest and most well connected can properly navigate. We need consolidation far more than expansion.

The arbitrary caps on wealth and income that are suggested are restrictive in for, but less son in practice. No American is anywhere near 2.5 billion in private wealth. But the proposal fails on its own merits. It'd take 50 years for an individual making 50 million a year to reach the wealth of someone at 2.5 billion, nevermind the taxes one would have to pay on the way, which further reveals yet another inadequacy of these proposals. What type of income? As it stands the already punitive 91% top marginal tax rate we have is barely paid for by anyone, why? It is because the highest levels of earning in this country occurs not through labor income but through the increasing valuations of owned assets which do not face those high income tax rates. Which again brings us to yet another problem with this proposal, the federal government does not have the power to impose taxes on asset value and therefore, obviously, lacks the power to impose caps on private wealth.

It is clear to me, Mr President, through the vagueness of the proposal, and the rally outside, that this is not a proposal sincerely intended to become meaningful policy. Its purpose appears to be simply to be a message bill, to send a message to the American people. In that and only that It has succeeded, it has sent a clear message, the message being the author of this bill would rather waste the time of this body with an ill thought out self aggrandizing proposal than move on to something that would actually help the American people. Which is why, Mr. President, I move to table this bill.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

You know, I feel insulted. Is it not our job to help those poor folks on the street? Well we should all be in this fight together. You should all know, that I'm lowerin' taxes on the poor. We're raising taxes on the rich! And if we don't have a way to tax assets, well, we better get goin'! It's simpl' really. Those young men of the street? We're a little short of housin' and schools. Back in Louisiana, I hired those poor folk, and gave 'em a job to build those things. So why can't we do it here, just like in the New Deal? Now Share Our Wealth, in my tax plan, it lays it out real simpl'. We aren't taxing those gettin' rich. We're taxing those who never worked a day in their lives! The likes of that fool Disney. And frankly, I'd make the caps lower if I could, but then you lot, would eat me alive. Oh don't look at me like that, we all know who your corporate sponsors are.

And I'm sure we agree healthcare and education are rights. None of this is grandstandin'. It's plain, simple work to help the people.

*Long begins to wave around a piece of paper.

And, Miss Nelson, this research paper from Louisiana State University! It shows you, people are more productive when they work for a smaller amount of time! Fatigue, ya see. And the household estate, well that's what amendments are for. We all know that'd be hard to keep up in the federal government, but when we did it in Louisiana? It worked!

Finally, the new farming administration. That's to manage and merge the already existing ones! It reduces bureaucracy! I rest my case, and let's get this country movin'!

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Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, I and many in this body want to help those in the streets. That's why I don't want to waste time with proposals that call for spending 100% of the nation's GDP on a single item.

Mr. President, I want to lower to taxes on the working people of this country, that's why I'd want a bill that actually specifies by how much and originates in the house as the constitution requires of all revenue bills.

Mr. President, I do want a taxation system that is more equitable and encourages hard work and merit, over idleness and privilege. Which is why I support taxation proposals that are actually within the constitutional powers if this congress to employ.

Mr. President, I do believe in the right of all to be educated to the best of their ability, along with a credible option for all to aquire healthcare, which is why I support bills that purpose specifically how that ought to be accomplished and now to find it.

Mr. President, I do recognize that overworked workers are less productive workers, which is why I propose policies that can empower employees, in cooperation with employers decide their hours for themselves, rather than impose a standard on them from D.C.

Mr. President, I do support merging existing agricultural administration, which is why I support specifying what we're replacing, rather that putting out a bill that simply creates a new one.

Mr. President, I support all these things, which is why I don't want to body to waste time on a bill that does known of them, Which is why Mr. president, I motion to table this bill.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

And ya see, Mr President? Her concerns ‘bout the economics of it are perfectly valid. But ya see, this is why we can amend it. We can save the household estate for later debate. But, if possible, I’d like to amend my own bill, to reflect this, because I’d much rather delay this one part of it, than see the whole damn thing held up by you lot.

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Official Name: The Long Plan

Nickname: Share Our Wealth

Overview: This Bill is presented to assist the people of America, with education, a four day work week, a federal pension, additional subsidies for farmers, a mass expansion of Public Works, and a free Medical plan for all United States’ citizens, and a household estate and a minimum annual income.

Sponsor: James Grant Long
Co-Sponsors:

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Section 1: Shocked and appalled by:
1. The poverty that is seen in the streets.
2. The idea that something as basic as health is seen as a commodity.
3. The fact that housing is not being treated as a serious issue, as it is.
4. The lack of education seen in this great nation.
5. The mistreatment, and ignorance of the elderly.

Section 2: This bill, therefore, seeks to begin:
1. An massive expansion of Public Works, and the resurrection of the Works Progress Administration, to assist both in infrastructure and solving unemployment, by building infrastructure such as houses and schools, whilst being given a home, clothing, sustenance, and the federal minimum wage.
2. Grant a Household Estate of $10000 a year.
3. A reduced work week of 40 hours a week, and a minimum of 4 weeks paid vacation.
4. A grant for subsidised college/higher education, funded by the Federal Government, and free primary education to be significantly more well-funded, with the establishment of a Department of Education
5. The establishment of a Agricultural Assistance Administration, to regulate, and subsidise Farming.
6. A war on disease, and the establishment of a federal health insurance company, to assist those in need of the right of healthcare.

Section 3: Recognising the financial requirements of this bill, this bill will cap:
1. a maximum inheritance of $500 million
2. a maximum annual income of $50 million
3. an individual's private wealth to $2.5 billion

Section 4: In our strive to assist the people of this nation, this bill will also enact:
1. A reduction of the federal income tax, on the lower and middle classes, by two percent.
2. A rise on the federal income tax for the highest two income brackets, and beginning of the empowerment of the IRS to tax wealth and property.

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This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to assist the people to improve the United States Law and is backed by James Grant Long on 1st of January 1960

I hold a motion for this bill to be debated once more.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

And ya see, Mr President? Her concerns ‘bout the economics of it are perfectly valid. But ya see, this is why we can amend it. We can save the household estate for later debate. But, if possible, I’d like to amend my own bill, to reflect this, because I’d much rather delay this one part of it, than see the whole damn thing held up by you lot.

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Official Name: The Long Plan

Nickname: Share Our Wealth

Overview: This Bill is presented to assist the people of America, with education, a four day work week, a federal pension, additional subsidies for farmers, a mass expansion of Public Works, and a free Medical plan for all United States’ citizens, and a household estate and a minimum annual income.

Sponsor: James Grant Long
Co-Sponsors:

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Section 1: Shocked and appalled by:
1. The poverty that is seen in the streets.
2. The idea that something as basic as health is seen as a commodity.
3. The fact that housing is not being treated as a serious issue, as it is.
4. The lack of education seen in this great nation.
5. The mistreatment, and ignorance of the elderly.

Section 2: This bill, therefore, seeks to begin:
1. An massive expansion of Public Works, and the resurrection of the Works Progress Administration, to assist both in infrastructure and solving unemployment, by building infrastructure such as houses and schools, whilst being given a home, clothing, sustenance, and the federal minimum wage.
2. Grant a Household Estate of $10000 a year.
3. A reduced work week of 40 hours a week, and a minimum of 4 weeks paid vacation.
4. A grant for subsidised college/higher education, funded by the Federal Government, and free primary education to be significantly more well-funded, with the establishment of a Department of Education
5. The establishment of a Agricultural Assistance Administration, to regulate, and subsidise Farming.
6. A war on disease, and the establishment of a federal health insurance company, to assist those in need of the right of healthcare.

Section 3: Recognising the financial requirements of this bill, this bill will cap:
1. a maximum inheritance of $500 million
2. a maximum annual income of $50 million
3. an individual's private wealth to $2.5 billion

Section 4: In our strive to assist the people of this nation, this bill will also enact:
1. A reduction of the federal income tax, on the lower and middle classes, by two percent.
2. A rise on the federal income tax for the highest two income brackets, and beginning of the empowerment of the IRS to tax wealth and property.

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This bill is then honorably presented to the Senate for consideration in order to assist the people to improve the United States Law and is backed by James Grant Long on 1st of January 1960

I hold a motion for this bill to be debated once more.

Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, I object on the grounds that the Long Bill is still attempting to be a revenue bill orginating in the senate and attempts to excercise obviously unconstitutional taxation powers. I reiterate my motion to table this bill and motion to pick up the GVR Act.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

Fine, ya Wall Street eunuch, let’s move forward with civil rights. I’ll withdraw this bill. But you bet that this is comin’ right back at ya, for let the record show, Senator Long will always for the workin’ people, black and white, and what I did for Louisiana, I’m gonna do for this country, whether I have to dynamite y’all out of the way or not.

Senator Nelson Gary (R-California):

Thank goodness that ridiculous affair is over. I support the motion to bring the Voting Rights bill to debate.

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Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Mr. President, while I recognize the importance of debate in this chamber, this congress has been aware of the content of the GVR Act for some time now and the sooner we can pass this law, the sooner we can implement it ahead of the upcoming elections. Therefore, in the interest of timeliness, unless there are any objections, of course, I motion to bring this bill up for a vote by unanimous consent.

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

Fine, I’ll vote for the lady’s motion. I think simply, black people, treat ‘em just the same as anybody else, give ’em an opportunity to make a living, and to get an education. And let it be known that if that bastard Joyner steps foot in Louisiana, he’ll leave with his toes turned up.

Senator Nelson Gary (R-California):

Are you finished? Thank you. I agree with the gentlewomen from New York. I have no objections.

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Senator William D. Sparks (Democratic-Alabama):
"I Object to the gal from Nee'r York's motion!"

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Senator Nelson Gary (R-California):

Oh for god’s sake…

Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

*under his breath

Sparks, you muthafuckin’ sonuvabitch. I swear to the lord I’m gonna string ya head up.

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Senator Emily Nelson (R-New York): Well then, Mr. President, motion to bring the GVR Act up to a vote.

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Senator Sparks muses over his thick series of notes before straightening them out on his desk. He then stands up, his eyes slightly squinting before he replies.

Senator William D. Sparks (Democratic-Alabama): "I motion to Filibuster this bill."

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Senator James Long (D-Louisiana):

The fella from Alabama better watch out before I make him very open-minded with my second amendment rights! Aye on the lady’s motion.

Senator Nelson Gary (R-California):

Aye.

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Senator Nelson Gary (R-California):

I raise a point of order that the vote on cloture under Rule XXII for all votes to motion a bill to a vote is by majority vote.