SENATE BILL: Party Affiliation Equality Act (Failed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor: Spiral

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to start advocating for this.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am rather undecided on this at the moment. As to the proposed benefits are we certain this would have the effect stated or would it just be the case that people rely more heavily on instructions provided to them by machine bosses?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I've lost all faith in the senate.

The Senate as an institution seems to have become a respository for anger at the actions of its members yet everything it does is a reflection of the cumulative actions on the part of all ten of its members. Since they are elected as individuals, perhaps it would be more effective in terms of correcting that, to focus such accordingly.

The average approval for the Senators is 68%, with a wide gulf between the bottom three and the other seven (who are at 70% and up), yet the institution itself is at 33%.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Instead of attacking each other, lets talk about the bill at hand.

Now I'm undecided because I think all parties should be represented, but it also offers the chance for candidates to make a pitch for their votes, not their party.

I think bore makes a good point though. The less activies, the ones most prone to be party oriented, rarely copy and paste the ballot and instead just put the candidates down minus the labels anyways.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Some numbers on the matter from the last election or two could help also.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I've lost all faith in the senate.

The Senate as an institution seems to have become a respository for anger at the actions of its members yet everything it does is a reflection of the cumulative actions on the part of all ten of its members. Since they are elected as individuals, perhaps it would be more effective in terms of correcting that, to focus such accordingly.

The average approval for the Senators is 68%, with a wide gulf between the bottom three and the other seven (who are at 70% and up), yet the institution itself is at 33%.

Apologies, I was mad at a certain group of senators who are in the minority of this body.

Apologies are not in order, man. What is needed is tactical reflection. We want the Senate to be something iti s not, "is our current approach best for that or should we find a more effective means to do it?"

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I can put this to a vote if that is desired.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators, this bill is now at final vote, please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

NAY


This bill has enough votes to fail, Senators have 24 hours to chance their votes.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Party Affiliation Equality Act:

Aye (1) Spiral
Nay (6): bore, Gass3268, NC Yankee, Tmthforu94, TNF and TyriontheImperialist
Abstain (1): Maxwell

Didn't Vote (1): Xahar
Vacant Seats (1): Napoleon

With six votes in the negative and time having expired, the bill has gailed to pass the Senate.