Support for Atlasia's Soldiers Bill

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Can people please give less propagandised names to their bills?

No.

Besides, how is increasing soldiers' pay not supporting them?

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I'm strongly in favor of this but I believe we should clarify "a zone of special danger".

Thank you for your support as well as your question, Senator.

A zone of special danger is actually a rather specific term, as far as the insurance industry and the Atlasian government is concerned.  The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1927 established the concept.

I can provide more specific information on this area of law, on which I am actually quite knowledgeable, having written several briefs on it.

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Anyway Section 3 really needs to go and I found a better way to phrase my amendment:

Section 3 is hereby stricken from the bill.

I would perhaps consider revising Section 3 such that its only effect will be to eliminate the Solomon Amendment.

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If some who supported abolishing the NEA and the NEH also oppose this spending increase, then I congratulate those people for being consistent.

With all due respect, Senator Gabu, I do not believe that financing government-mandated "art" and affording military families a decent living in return for their tremendous sacrifices are nearly equivalent.


Also, thank you, Senator Ebowed, for coming to my defense.  Very well said.

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After thinking about I'll drop my amendment and do this instead.

Section 3 is hereby replaced with: "The Solomon Amendment is hereby repealed.

I will support this amendment.

Reasoned compromise pleases me.

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Aye, of course, on Senator MasterJedi's amendment.

(for the record)

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I propose an amendment:

The bill shall hereby be re-written

Calling this an "amendment" would be generous.  It's basically another bill to replace mine.

Thus Nay.

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Aye