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Question: should going to war require apprroval of 2/3 of the Senate (7 out of 10)?
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yes
 
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maybe/sometimes
 
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no
 
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« on: May 18, 2011, 12:10:21 AM »

This poll regarding an aspect of the proposed War Limitation Amendment will run for 2 days. 
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2011, 12:29:03 AM »

I personally think that War should not be allowed to be declared by a simple majority.
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 03:13:11 AM »

It's hard enough to find 7 active senators even on good days.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2011, 04:14:01 AM »

If it's just and well argued, I don't see getting 7 votes being too hard.
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2011, 06:37:33 AM »

It's hard enough to find 7 active senators even on good days.

That is a problem voters can solve on their own easily.
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2011, 06:44:25 AM »

It's hard enough to find 7 active senators even on good days.

True.
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2011, 11:11:49 AM »

I've made my opposition quite clear.  This would restrict our ability to conduit an active foreign policy, especially considering we have more than a few absent Senstors on any given day.
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2011, 12:22:20 PM »

     Wouldn't the Senators have a week to vote anyway?
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 12:27:11 PM »

     Wouldn't the Senators have a week to vote anyway?
This is another problem. A week is long enough of a time period in the real world, but in a world where we act as though months are years for election purposes, we are effectively leaving the vote open from January 1st to April 1st, and having some Senators "not have the time to make it in to vote"
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2011, 12:32:10 PM »

     Wouldn't the Senators have a week to vote anyway?
This is another problem. A week is long enough of a time period in the real world, but in a world where we act as though months are years for election purposes, we are effectively leaving the vote open from January 1st to April 1st, and having some Senators "not have the time to make it in to vote"
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I've never seen any instance where we've made that assumption regarding time moving faster.
really the process here is going to be the same as the Senate vote for constitutional amendments. I should have left out the 7 out of 10 part in this poll since it's not part of the actual language of the amendment.
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2011, 12:40:00 PM »

    Wouldn't the Senators have a week to vote anyway?
This is another problem. A week is long enough of a time period in the real world, but in a world where we act as though months are years for election purposes, we are effectively leaving the vote open from January 1st to April 1st, and having some Senators "not have the time to make it in to vote"

     Yeah, but we need to make some concessions for Senators to fit voting into their schedules. With that said, a week is rather ridiculous, as are the activity levels of the Senators these days.
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« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2011, 09:32:47 AM »

so, about 2/3 say yes. interesting.
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« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2011, 07:30:04 PM »

I personally think that War should not be allowed to be declared by a simple majority.
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