The New Midwest Universal Alþing Thread

[Lumine]

Midwest Governor, Most Serene Representatives and Midwest citizens:

Good evening to all of you.

Right after swearing in as the next Archduke, I am opening a new official thread for the Alþing, since the old one was filled with bill discussions and had accomplished its purpose. While I will open new threads with the bills that are currently being discussed, I strongly encourage the Most Serene Representatives to keep up the good work they have done so far by sending new bills so we can keep up our region's progress.

That said, I'm really looking forward to work with all you during this term in the Alþing.

Thank you very much!

LumineVonReuental (UNDA-MT), Archduke of the Alþing.

[Lumine]

Now, before we can get to business, I'd like to give my new tenure as the Archduke a new personal meaning. Therefore, I have some personal rules that I would like to use here:

The somewhat unfair and completely unnecessary rules of the Archduke:

1.   Ties: All ties shall be resolved with a Nay, considering a single Aye does not mean real consensus on a bill.
2.   Governor Veto: I'm against overturning a gubernatorial veto, thus, motions of override them will have to be requested by a Most Serene Representative.
3.   Going along with the spirit of the Midwest, I shall close the final voting of each bill and or amendment with a catchphrase and a traditional Midwestern expression. (I'm still thinking about this one)

Threads: (Obvious, I know, but I want to clarify everything)

1.   Main Thread: It shall be used to present and sponsor bills and amendments, to write down the Alþing’s statistics, and for formal statements, NOT for bill discussion.
2.   Other Threads: Every single bill and amendment that comes before the Alþing shall have its own thread.

[Maxwell]

For #3, there is already a rule for Serene Representatives inactivity. I will add the law to wiki and send you a more concrete link, but it is in the old thread. Sorry to be discussing bills or ideas, but I don't think you can make punishments if people don't vote. It's just the law that's already in place.

The rest looks okay, #1 is particularly fair in my belief.

[Lumine]

For #3, there is already a rule for Serene Representatives inactivity. I will add the law to wiki and send you a more concrete link, but it is in the old thread. Sorry to be discussing bills or ideas, but I don't think you can make punishments if people don't vote. It's just the law that's already in place.

Sorry, I failed to notice that, I will delete that idea right away.

Also, I still have to create the new threads for the bills and send the ones that are ready to the Governor, but I'm running out of time right now, so I will do so tomorrow!

[ilikeverin]

Congratulations! *hughughug*

[Lumine]

Congratulations! *hughughug*

Thanks!

Well, those are the bills that were being discussed: The Pacific Irridentialist Act (no voting yet), The ilikeverin School Act (passed by a 3-0 vote, will be sent to the Governor) and the
The Midwest Fix Our Toll Roads Bill (on a tie, will open a thread to break said tie):

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[Maxwell]

I have a couple of Constitutional proposals to throw in here.

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Proposing some common sense changes to our constitution to have it make more sense. More will come.

[Thomas D]

I find these bills agreeable.

[Lumine]

I would support all of them, it's quite dangerous to lack a plan B in case we lost the Senators or the Governor.

[tmthforu94]

If someone could introduce this:

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[Maxwell]

I'm not sure I support it, though it sounds fairly reasonable, but a Governor can sponsor legislation, so I will.

[Maxwell]

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With a massive cut in income taxes, sales taxes, and corporate taxes combined with the introduction of a property tax, I believe Midwest citizens will stand to benefit a lot from the changes I have made to the Midwest tax code, and I hope this Reform package is passed swiftly.

[Maxwell]

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I wrote this with a little/a lot of help from Tmth (mostly on the legal speak). I believe we need to protect the rights of people to waste their money. While that is the case, it is gambling, not theft. I bring it before the Althing in hopes to improve the bill.

[Lumine]

A message from the Archduke:

Right, with the election over we will begin a new legislative session! Sadly, I think nobody knows which number is it, so we'll have to leave it at that. I'm reserving this space for the statistics and the list of bills passed during this session (not including Wyodon's term), which I will post once we have finished voting the gambling act.

During my month as Archduke I have developed a certain fondness for the office (and the sceptre, especially the sceptre), and the current work and activity of the Alþing should be a source of pride for all of us: Windjammer, Thomas D, ilikeverin and Governor Maxwell, let us keep up the good work!

[Lumine]

Voting Statistics:

Bill, Amendments or Acts:

The ilikeverin School Act (Passed)
Pacific Irridentialist Act (Failed)
The Midwest Fix Our Toll Roads Bill (Failed)
The Recall Amendment (Passed)
Dude, Where's My Governor? Amendment (Passed)
Holding Our Senators Accountable Amendment(Passed)
Non-Reusable Bag Act (Passed)
Midwest Tax Reform (Passed)
The Midwest Gambling Freedom Act (Passed)
 
Total: 9
Passed: 7
Failed: 2

Ties: 1 (Broken by the Archduke with a Nay)

Windjammer:
Aye: 8 (89%)
Nay: 1 (11%)
Abstain: 0 (0%)
Absent: 0 (0%)

ilikeverin:
Aye: 5 (55%)
Nay: 2 (22%)
Abstain: 0 (0%)
Absent: 2 (22%)

Thomas D:
Aye: 6 (66%)
Nay: 1 (11%)
Abstain: 0 (0%)
Absent: 2 (22%)

[ilikeverin]

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[Maxwell]

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[windjammer]

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[Maxwell]

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This is influenced a lot by Scott's reform, but it also has a lot of my ideas from back from the Presidential campaign.

[windjammer]

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Oldiesfreak did a great job with this bill for the Mideast. So I would like to adopt this bill in the Midwest too!

[Maxwell]

Could you at least change it so that it governs the Midwest? It still says Mideast.

[windjammer]

Ooops, sorry, it's done!

[Maxwell]

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[Lumine]

On the First State of the Midwest:

The Most Serene Representatives are invited to draft a written statement response to the Governor, should they wish to. The Alþing Thread won't be open to discuss said response to avoid confusion, but I would like to break the supposed neutrality of the Archdukedom and personally commend the Governor for writing a great statement that shows how much of a success his term has been.

[windjammer]

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