Northeast Assembly Thread

[Napoleon]

Nothing like a little tough love to make a man right?

I'm opposed to this.

[Napoleon]

Use this opportunity to remove bans on substances instead of what is essentially trolling.

[Napoleon]

I don't understand why you decided to act like a douchebag right when everyone was starting to like you.

[Napoleon]

I don't understand why you decided to act like a douchebag right when everyone was starting to like you.

I'm not acting like a douchebag, I'm filibustering.

Is there something you're filibustering in particular?

[Napoleon]

I would like to unfriendly amend the bill to have a clause two:

2. And let it be forever resolved that mayonnaise is disgusting.

Too late.

[Napoleon]

Speaker, the debate period has been over. A final vote is in order, immediately.

[Napoleon]

Speaker, the debate period has been over. A final vote is in order, immediately.

Technically, this is still the consideration period since new amendments keep being introduced.

Amendments cannot be introduced. As I said, the debate period is over.

[Napoleon]

Speaker, the debate period has been over. A final vote is in order, immediately.

Technically, this is still the consideration period since new amendments keep being introduced.

Amendments cannot be introduced. As I said, the debate period is over.

Since when can amendments not be introduced?  Amendments have been introduced since the earliest days of this body.

Since the debate period ended many hours ago, as you know.

[Napoleon]

Speaker, the debate period has been over. A final vote is in order, immediately.

Technically, this is still the consideration period since new amendments keep being introduced.

Amendments cannot be introduced. As I said, the debate period is over.

Since when can amendments not be introduced?  Amendments have been introduced since the earliest days of this body.

Since the debate period ended many hours ago, as you know.

The debate period includes all the hours of debate, minus voting on amendments, which is not debate.  Or, going by your definition, the voting period of this bill, as well as the debate and voting periods of the next are over.

You're logic skills leave sqome to be desired, Representative.

All debate time periods expire when an amendment vote takes place. As a former Speaker,  you know this. Twelve hours have gone by since the bill was introduced and amendments were voted on. Case closed.

Now for the even more absurd part, claiming debate time is expired for unintroduced bills is ridiculous. There is no static debate time. Debate time can be changed, as it was on this very bill. There is no way to argue anything is set in stone.

[Napoleon]

This is illegal and violates the Northeast SOPA.

So challenge it..

I would if the Governor hadn't illegally not included the position of CJO on the last ballot.

I'd love to hear more about this, Bachmann.

[Napoleon]

The old constitution was in effect last General Election. This has nothing to with any reforms.

BTW, standard debate time is 48 hours. Either way, one mistake doesn't allow you to disobey all parliamentary rules. The Assembly shouldn't have to be a day care.

[Napoleon]

Making a mistake is less embarrassing, to me, than is making a fool of oneself.

Are we replacing the day care with a comedy club now? I think I just heard someone try to claim Ghostwhite was more active than an actually active Governor.

[Napoleon]

Frankly, Napoleon, I am willing to do whatever it takes to protect the Northeast citizen, and I am prepared to do anything in my power to do so, even should the conventional wisdom consider me a "fool" for so trying.

A mature person would defeat the bill by successfully debating it down, rather than these crazy antics. I intend to do just that anyway.


If you wanted to filibuster, which I am not necessarily against as a legislative tool, you could introduce more serious bills that might fail the same but avoid making an ass out of yourself in the process. I'm sure you can find plenty of issues you advocate that others wouldn't want to touch besides banning water, you extremist authoritarian.

[Napoleon]

Amendment votes don't count toward expulsion, IIRC.

[Napoleon]

Amendment votes don't count toward expulsion, IIRC.

It didn't.  He missed 3 votes on legislation.

Well that sucks.

[Napoleon]

Specify to put in the Elections board, if you think it will be more effective there (I do).

[Napoleon]

I plan to try this in a different way, if elected.

[Napoleon]

Do veto overrides require a 2/3 majority of just voting members, or a 2/3 majority of all representatives?  The Constitution is not clear about this, and I need to know so I can write it in the legislative record.

Bring it back to the floor after this bill.  It doesn't state "2/3 voting members", but "two-thirds majority vote", so it would require 2/3 of all Representatives or 4 members I would imagine.

The word vote would imply the total vote is used, not total membership.

[Napoleon]

No clam chowder!

[Napoleon]

I'd like to propose The Government Responsibility Act of 2012:

1). Hold total state spending growth at inflation rate
2). Require 2/3 majority to pass any further tax increases
3). Require that all members of the legislature return all of their leftover campaign funds to the treasury at the beginning of each new session
4). Require a balanced budget each Fiscal Year

OOC: I'm new here; I just wanted to know whether, if this is voted down, may I amend it to exclude portions of it later?  Thanks.

Jersetrules

Um...you're kidding, right?

[Napoleon]

The Northeast can't afford crazy. Vote Napoleon for Governor to stop bills like this.

[Napoleon]

Is Marajuana legal in the NE?

Just about all drugs are legal in the Northeast.

[Napoleon]

Man am I glad Snowstalker is Governor at times like this.

[Napoleon]

5 seems creepy but what is wrong with 4?

[Napoleon]

The far right is more frightening than amusing.