Collabarative Administration...

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Name: Senator Roger Erickson
Party: Republican
Date of Birth: January 15th, 1950
State: Connecticut
Office: Senator (1994-present)
Ideology: Centrist with a Corporate Streak

Previous Offices:
Congressman (1990-1992)

Previous Occupations:
Businessman, Lobbyist

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Wait you can be two people?

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Name: Minority Leader Reginald Hamlin
Party: Democratic
Date of Birth: January 10th, 1945
State: Illinois
Ideology: Social Democrat, Leftist
Office: Democratic Minority Leader in the House (2009-Present)
Previous Offices:
* State House Rep (1975-1985)
* State Speaker of the House (1981-1985)
* Congressman (1985-Present)
Previous Occupations: Civil Rights activist, Community activist

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Name: James Edwin Wilson
Party: Republican
Date of Birth: August 8th, 1962
State: Washington
Ideology: Staunchly Conservative, besides Pro-Gay Marriage, Pro-Gun Control
Position: Vice President (2013-)
Previous Offices:
Congressman (1995-2007)
Senator (2007-2013)
Previous Occcupations: Congressional Aide for Senator Slade Gorton

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How in the hell does the House have a Democratic Speaker presiding over a Republican majority?

Independent voting, son...

Hamlin was a civil rights leader... there could be Republicans voting across party lines to elect Hamlin speaker. Not common, certainly, but something?

I'll  make him Minority Leader if this is too much.

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So does the President introduce his agenda or what?

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Vice President James Wilson: Mr. President, you have no need to worry about any legislative issues. I have good working relationships with several Democrats who will clearly swing, and I can push them to our side on the budget talks. Obviously, Erickson will probably want some pork, and I'm not sure whether we should given into that hog or not, that's your position, but I don't doubt that he will screw over the party once again.

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Senator Roger Erickson (R-CT) Look, I can't sell strong cuts to Connecticut. Those guys are going to kill me. Also, closing tax loopholes increases taxes, and we need to put more money in the hands of job creators. I will vote against the budget proposal hands down if it butchers the tax code and makes it so that unemployment rises. Look, if the wealthy aren't able to have wealth, than the poor won't have jobs either. I believe we need to cut the corporate rate a bit while balancing out some cuts all around in order to create a job enviorment that will make future surpluses viable. It's just not feasible at this moment.

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If you want Hamlin you can... I can take Romney.

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The Erickson Plan for Job Growth!

Senator Roger Erickson, a centrist from the state of Connecticut, has released his own jobs plan opposing the Romney administrations budget plan, which would involve several cuts to subsidies that harm families and businesses in his home state of Connecicut. The Senator announced he wanted to get his fellow Senators on board; It would include:

• Tax credits for companies that hire within this country
• A creation of the carbon tax
• An expansion of the military spending component
• Reforming welfare by lowering food stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit
• Increasing farm subsidies and subsidies for small businesses
• Remove brackets and lower the corporate tax rate
• Remove regulations harmful to expanding businesses

The Senator has made it very clear: He will fight cuts to certain tax exemptions, raises to the federal corporate tax, and cuts to subsidies that are against his region. He stands with his plan that will defend those in Connecticut and those in the country who would be harmed by these changes.

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President George Romney: Erickson's Plan will backfire

The Romney administration shot back at Connecticut Senator Roger Erickson, whose plan, the administration notes, would bloat the deficit by a hundreds of billions of dollars. The CBO report came out against the Erickson budget plan. Romney's plan is still in negiotiations with leading Democrats Majority Leader Frank Church and Senator Ron Jenkins, and with Vice President James Wilson and Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Ward.

"Erickson does this all the time. His approval ratings dip because nobody in Connecticut notices what he does until the end when he stands up to Republican leadership and brings up a nonsense plan. This nonsense plan he brands as innovative and job creating and he gets re-elected again and again. Rest assured, Senator Erickson, this administration will fight you tooth and nail on your destructive plan."

Romney endorsed the idea of cutting tax loopholes and cutting spending everywhere else. He has also pushed his idea of retirement assistance programs hard in the Senate, something that has a lot of fellow Republicans wondering if President Romney should even run for re-election ALREADY. While his numbers are high (56% of people approve of the Presidents job), his numbers with fellow Republicans are notoriously low (only 64% of Republicans approve, compared to Independents at 69% and Democrats at 38%).

Romney has understood this from the beginning, and has noted that he is not a partisan President, but one who will work across the aisle to make America better. Other plans in the Romney administrative bracket include Immigration reform, Gun Control, and Disaster Relief Reform.

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OOC: max, where did you get that pic? It looks like you photoshopped a picture from the great gatsby...

OOC: all I did was google search

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Erickson approvals dip

Internal polling from the Erickson camp shows his post narrow re-election high of 52% approval has dipped hard after controversy with the Romney administration. He has fallen to 42% approval in two weeks after standing opposed to the administration. Currently, he polls behind Congressman Richard B. Kennedy slightly (45-42) and Former Governor Jane Anderson heavily (51-40). Erickson was never a terribly popular Senator, but knew when to pull it together, so these numbers may not mean  much, but he's never fallen quiet so quick in the eyes of Connecticut voters, so his ambitions of Senate leadership may hold.

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Vice President James Wilson: Budget negotiation is on House Majority Leader Hamlin's hands/Labor Secretary Reed's approval

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Some say negotiations on the budget have stalled due to Senator Ericksons announcement that he will push his own bill, but the Vice President on the stump the other day pushing reform, slamming Erickson, and telling Majority Leader in the House Reggie Hamlin to come to the table.

"Other Democratic have been very forward and very positive on this legislation, but when I see democratic house leadership, I see them as non-responsive and not helpful. Majority Leader Hamlin has refused to come to the table and debate the merits of the bill and that is unacceptable. Look, I am a conservative, and so far the way the budget is coming along, it will cut out the tax ineffiecencies, lower spending, and put us back on the path of budget responsibility. The Paul years didn't do us very much good in the regard of responsible budgeting, so I am thankful for the approach that has been thus far from Senator Jenkins and my fellow Republicans."

Reporters have said that the Vice President has been a bit aggressive during negotiations, partially due to his hostility toward Erickson, a fellow Republican, but nevertheless, in the mind of many in the Senate and in the Cabinet, he has been fair and bipartisan. He had one final message on how the budget is coming along.

"We are almost 100% approved on the budget in the cabinet, we just need some approval from the Secretary of Labor Reed on some Labor issues and well be set to go to the floor."

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President Romney announces support for gay marriage, plans for infrastructure!

Washington D.C. -- President George Romney, sensing a tide changing on the issue, announced a change of heart on the issue of gay marriage. As Governor, he protected the rights of homosexuals and transgenders, pushed for civil unions, but was distinctly against marriage. His Vice President, James Wilson, announced right after his election to a first term to Senate that he would support gay marriage in office, and after that faced a tougher primary than he did a re-election against a Democrat. After this announcement, President Romney likely faces the same problem, with increasing opposition to the Presidents agenda on his own side.

President Romney also announced the beginnings of his infrastructure plan, which is a combination of repairing roads currently under damage, increasing block grants to the states for special infrastructure programs, and putting money behind high speed rail.

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Secretary Hancock
In the Oval, January 24th 2013: Mr President, I need to ask you something...a favor of some sorts... I know that republicans are starting to fall off this platform... So, what I'm asking is for the rest of this platform is to be a little it more conservative. I know you're a centrist and all, but if in three years we get primaries by one of the Senator Cruz's (Ted and his brother Joe Cruz, R-OK) were basically giving The democrats 2016 to mess the masterpiece that is America again! And mr president, this is me saying this, not the RNC or the RNCC...

President Romney
My plan was always, if the people want me re-elected, I would run, and if they didn't, I wouldn't. So far, my numbers are high amongst all Americans, if a bit low amongst my own party. I never subscribed to the idea that an American President should be a partisan ideologue, particularly to my distaste of political ideology. That being said, we still have a meeting on tort reform that we need to get through, so as soon as we do that, it will be down the line, and its one thing we actually have Erickson's support on.

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President George Romney: I do, and we will meet on these pressing issues.

OOC: Jack, are you going to play moderator on some of these bills coming forward, like for example, announcing their vote count or whatever?

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President Romney proposes attack on Syria, pushes congressional approval

President George Romney, after seeing that Assad had chemical weapons, has decided to declare War on Syria. He said that Assad's actions merited "humanitarian reaction", stating that:

"America can not and will not tolerate tyrants murdering their own citizens. Every human being has a right to life, and I think we need to protect life as hard across the globe as we do here. We need to go after Assad and give Syria back to the Syrian people."

Reaction out of Washington is currently unknown, but it is already leaked that Vice President James Wilson has been badgering Senators and Congressman on the issue, not uncommon with the way he has pushed through other pieces of legislation. Romney, a noted executive, has delegated a lot of legislative responsibilities to his Vice President.