Tectonix wrote:New World Oceania wrote:Seeking sponsors.Senate Rules Resolution
Author: New World Oceania (PA)
Sponsors:
A resolution governing the proceedings of the Senate.
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Head of the State, by and with the counsel of the Government, and the authority of the Senate by virtue of the powers placed upon it by the Law, as follows:
I. Rules§1 - The Standing Rules of the Senate of Fernão shall be repealed.§2 - A non-partisan President of the Senate, elected by the Senate, shall each week schedule five days of debate on legislation and executive business followed by two days of voting.§3 - The President of the Senate may appoint ad-hoc committees, rule on points of order, remove members from the chamber for misconduct, and transmit messages between the Senate and the President of the Republic.§4 - Amendments from bill authors shall be accepted.
II. Committees§1 - The President of the Senate may appoint committees, who shall have separate threads from the Chamber, to scrutinize legislation or executive business. All Senators shall be members of each committee.§2 - Committees may amend legislation and report on executive business to the Senate.a. The full Senate shall vote by ballot on amended bills, between the bill "as amended," "as submitted," and "against."
b. If the bill "as amended" and "as submitted" together receive more votes than "against," the bill shall pass as either amended or submitted, whichever receives more votes.§3 - Committees shall be discharged of their business after five days.
III. Provisions; Effective§1 - The Senate may adopt standing rules proposed by the President of the Senate supplementary to these rules.§2 - Multiple executive nominations may be debated on one day.[/list]§3 - Business debated by a committee need not be debated by the full Senate.§4 - The President of the Senate shall bring to the floor as many bills sponsored by the President or a member of the President's cabinet as are brought bills not sponsored by the President or members of the President's cabinet.§5 - This resolution shall be effective upon passage by the Senate.
Why are you omitting all of the decorum, voting procedures, disciplinary procedures and debate provisions? I understand what you're trying to do, but we should still retain those aspects while changing what needs to be changed.
When we put obvious things in text, people play on the technicalities for personal gain and waste our time. "Misconduct" doesn't need a definition (as a matter of fact, it's codified in OOC precedent). We don't need to debate whether "dumbass" is unparliamentary. Everyone knows how to conduct a vote. We don't need a debate on whether "aye" is the same as "yea." It's pointless.