Senate Committee Structure

[JohnFKennedy]

This is how the committees should be divided:

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

I like this proposal personally.

[Peter]

This is how the committees should be divided:

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

If you want to go with something like this, it might be advisable to construct the cabinet in a similar manner:

Secretary of State & Defense
Secretary of Economic Affairs
Secretary of Education, Health & Welfare.

Basically this means that a major policy area presently not represented in cabinet is represented. Also, the position of SecState seems totally useless presently: When do you last remember a SecState doing something?

[JohnFKennedy]

This is how the committees should be divided:

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

If you want to go with something like this, it might be advisable to construct the cabinet in a similar manner:

Secretary of State & Defense
Secretary of Economic Affairs
Secretary of Education, Health & Welfare.

Basically this means that a major policy area presently not represented in cabinet is represented. Also, the position of SecState seems totally useless presently: When do you last remember a SecState doing something?

That is an interesting proposal actually Peter, though assumedly we would keep the Secretary of Forum Affairs and the Attorney General too.

[Peter]

That is an interesting proposal actually Peter, though assumedly we would keep the Secretary of Forum Affairs and the Attorney General too.

Thanks to Fritz and Ernest, the occupiers of those jobs actually have something to do when in office, so obviously it would be best to keep them.

<rant>I would like it if the SecTreasury or SecEconomic Affairs actually did something, like, I don't know, take part in budget discussions, or some other radical idea like that, but thats just me.

Also, perhaps the SecState might care to comment when proposals that remove us from NAFTA and the UN come to the floor

Pretty much you can trace my resignation back to these points, there were always two cabinet secretaries who did diddly squat and were never held accountable</rant>

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Colin's idea is quite good actually... and so is Pete's

[Nym90]

I'd like to be on the Education, Health, and Welfare Committee.

[Gabu]

This is how the committees should be divided:

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

This is how the committees should be divided:

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

If you want to go with something like this, it might be advisable to construct the cabinet in a similar manner:

Secretary of State & Defense
Secretary of Economic Affairs
Secretary of Education, Health & Welfare.

Basically this means that a major policy area presently not represented in cabinet is represented. Also, the position of SecState seems totally useless presently: When do you last remember a SecState doing something?

Both of these ideas are quite excellent ones, I think.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

We need another member on Appropriations & Taxation. Seeing as Gabu proposed that military spending wossname, he's being "volunteered" for the third place on the commitee ;-)

[Gabu]

We need another member on Appropriations & Taxation. Seeing as Gabu proposed that military spending wossname, he's being "volunteered" for the third place on the commitee ;-)

I proposed that bill for John Ford and I'm already on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

We need another member on Appropriations & Taxation. Seeing as Gabu proposed that military spending wossname, he's being "volunteered" for the third place on the commitee ;-)

I proposed that bill for John Ford and I'm already on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Are you? O.K... that means only Siege and WMS aren't on a committee. I'd be happy to have either :-)

[minionofmidas]

Well Siege is ill and WMS...he was here yesterday...maybe someone should alert him to urgent business, such as voting on a PPT.

[Defarge]

Shall we proceed to create these committees, or wait until the Constitutional Convention?  Either way, feel free to express your interest in joining any of the following committees

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

Foreign Affairs and Defense for me

[Gabu]

Shall we proceed to create these committees, or wait until the Constitutional Convention?  Either way, feel free to express your interest in joining any of the following committees

Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Senate Appropriations and Taxation Commitee
Senate Education, Health & Welfare Commitee

Foreign Affairs and Defense for me

I don't think that we need a new Constitution to create Senate committees.  Now should be fine.

At any rate, I'd like to be on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

[WMS]

We need another member on Appropriations & Taxation. Seeing as Gabu proposed that military spending wossname, he's being "volunteered" for the third place on the commitee ;-)

I proposed that bill for John Ford and I'm already on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Are you? O.K... that means only Siege and WMS aren't on a committee. I'd be happy to have either :-)

Even though you already decided for us ;-) I'll gladly be on your committee. Although it looks like you got both of us!

[12th Doctor]

We need some more people in the EHW Committee.  Me and Nym do not constitute a committee.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

We need some more people in the EHW Committee.  Me and Nym do not constitute a committee.

If no one else wants it, I'm fine with moonlighting

[JohnFKennedy]

We need some more people in the EHW Committee.  Me and Nym do not constitute a committee.

If no one else wants it, I'm fine with moonlighting

If we are to have three committees I would far prefer it if we have three Senators in each committee (hopefully in a way that is representative of the Senatorial make-up) with the PPT (as was suggested) not included. I don't think anyone should be serving on more than one committee.

[Platypus]

agreed, not to make it too formal, but 3/3/3/1 sounds like the best plan.

[Peter]

If you want to go with Senators picking their committees in order of seniority, the order is presently as follows (not including JFK):

1. States (April Midterms)
2. Nym90 (Oct Midterms)
=  Defarge
=  Bono
5. Siege40 (byelection to fill Migrendel seat in Nov)
6. Al (Dec Midterms)
=  Supersoulty
=  WMS
=  Gabu
Quite how you would work out the sixth place tie would be interesting.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

If you want to go with Senators picking their committees in order of seniority, the order is presently as follows (not including JFK):

1. States (April Midterms)
2. Nym90 (Oct Midterms)
=  Defarge
=  Bono
5. Siege40 (byelection to fill Migrendel seat in Nov)
6. Al (Dec Midterms)
=  Supersoulty
=  WMS
=  Gabu
Quite how you would work out the sixth place tie would be interesting.

I think keeping things informal is a better idea...

[Siege40]

Alright, what Committe am I on, I better get started to catch up on lost time.

Siege

[Colin]

Alright, what Committe am I on, I better get started to catch up on lost time.

Siege

Just pick which committee you want to be on.