Senate Office of NC Yankee (Updated Senate Index)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Archiving 22nd Senate

Important Links - New Congress Session
Regional Gov't Thread


Bills/Resolutions Introduced

• Right to Life Amendment
• Democracy Is Not For Sale Amendment
• Census Act of 2019
• COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID RESPONSE ACT

Amendments Introduced

• March 05, 2020, 03:17:06 am S22:14 NC Yankee amendment to the Labor...
• February 15, 2020, 08:02:48 pm S22:08 NC Yankee amendment to the Poison...
• February 15, 2020, 07:15:40 pm S22:07 NC Yankee amendment to the ANTIFA Act
• February 15, 2020, 07:01:29 pm S22:06 NC Yankee amendment to the Right to Life
• February 09, 2020, 02:34:47 pm S22:05 NC Yankee amendment to the No Moderator...
• January 20, 2020, 01:25:41 am S22:03 NC Yankee amendment to the Atlas Forum...

Votes
Vote on Final Passage of the ACE Act: Aye
Vote on President Pro-Tempore of the Senate: NC Yankee
Vote on Final Passage of the Opioid Response Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the LGBT Rights Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of Ending RICO Abuse Act: Aye FTR
Vote on Final Passage of the Military Justice Act: NAY
Vote on Confirmation of Ninja to be Game Moderator: Aye
Vote on Cloture of the Your Employees Must be Legal Residents Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Protecting Atlasian Knife Rights Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Air Travel Bill of Rights: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Assistance to Rural Farm Stress Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Census Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate passage of the Atlas Forum Supremacy Amendment: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Your Employees Must be Legal Residents Act (as amended): Nay
Vote on Final Passage of the Internet Rights act of 2019: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Real Life Protections Criminal Code Reform Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Continued Sanctions & Arms Suspension Against Saudi Arabia: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Democracy is Not For Sale Amendment: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the National Park Admission Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Red-Green New Deal Act: Nay
Vote on Final Passage of House Amended Let People Travel Act: Nay
Vote on Final Passage of the original Your Employees Must be Legal Residents Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Making Atlasia a Little More Great: Aye NAY
Vote on Final Passage of the Resolution Concerning Events in Bolivia (as amended): Abstain
Vote on Final Passage of the Holiday Work Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Troubled Teen Protection Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Breakout Act (As Amended): Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Right to Life Amendment (Senate amended): Aye
Vote on Amendment S22:11 to the Sticking it to the Man Act: NAY
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Women's Health Protection Act: Aye
Vote on Amendment S22:13 to the Federal Assault...: NAY

Statements on the Floor
Statement in Ninja Confirmation Hearing
Kick starting Debate in the Atlas Forum Supremacy Amendment
Statement on Comprehensive Opioid Response Bill
Question for Ninja on Successor Transition and Longevity in Office
Clarifying Question in the Internet Rights Act
Concerns about Labor Force in Red-Green New Deal
Statement in Employees Must be Legal Residents Act
Questioning Delay in Ninja Confirmation
Question about private sector employment impact from Red-Green New Deal
ANTIFA Act statement and concerns
Feasbility of complete elimination of Carbon based fuel jobs
Statement in Support of Democracy is Not For Sale Amendment
More Concerns about ANTIFA Act
Importance of competent administration
Statement on Peanut's answers on activity and experience
Importance of a VP to the Bicameral System
Tear Gas and Domestic Security Act
Statement on Sticking it to the Man Act
Support for Holiday Work Act
Reposting Devin's 2014 statement on Troubled Teen Protection Act
Further Question on Sticking it to the Man Act
Linked to 2014 bill on Domestic Security Act
Statement and Advocacy on the Right to Life amendment
Dismay at the decline of debate quality
Lack of debate on circumcision
More on Troubled Teen Protection Act
Let People Travel vote explanation
Cyclical Nature of Atlasia
Lack of standard on holiday pay in the US
Administration of bill implementation
Vote change on Making Atlasia a little More Great
Questioning about impacts on Statute of the Labor Rights Amendment
School Prayer and Sticking it to the Man Act
Impact of Jones Exception on Jobs Question
School Prayer and Sticking it to the Man Act II
Old debate versus now
Disarming the Workers
House Rejecting Senate Amended Amendments
Concerns about banning classes of weapons
Position on legislating the Mexico City Policy

Non-Floor Speeches

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Press Release.

While I am pleased with the progress and work being made, it is to be expected that there would some difficulties in getting this done. While we lack some of the problems in real life that would hinder the chambers from progressing, we at the same time have a medium limitation as well as the fact that while RL events could mean some people are more available, for others the RL situation being as grave as it is poses a severe threat. Now that the RL Phase 3 bill is done, I think we have better sense of scope, areas that need to be covered and what has to be done now to get the stimulus and small business bills over the finish line.

I have provided my advise on several fronts on the Covid caucus, including the areas where I have pounded the drum on IRL. I was talking about in RL context surging production via DPA, I think two weeks ago now. It seems like ten years ago. I urged the President to take action on this front and I am pleased that they have. I also encouraged action on price gouging both in the regions and at the federal level. I think Fremont has taken action and the Federal gov't have or will soon take action on this front. I have been adamant that the only way to win this is through production. Ventilators are life boats for a small percentage of the population whose conditions, age or just sheer luck have put them on a proverbial Titanic. We posses in our country the ability to produce the resources in vast quantities both for ourselves and the world to be able to give the people at the "front", everything they need to contain and eliminate the virus with the minimal amounts of lost lives. That includes ventilators, PPE, Testing Kits and everything else that is necessary.

The front in this case is manned by our first responders, doctor's, nurses and other medical professionals. We also have to be mindful of the people out there who are at risk both in the medical profession and beyond. Truck drivers, railroad workers, retail associates, power crews, phone and internet technicians and many other providers of essential services that have to be maintained even as many others work from home or are unable to work at all. They are all the heroes of the hour in this situation.

I understand the concerns about this from a fiscal conservative standpoint, and I understand the concern from a capitalism standpoint. What DPA enables to be done is provide an up front contract and a guaranteed payoff for a select number of a certain product with delivery by a certain date. It allows for the startup capital and labor costs to be provided and it allows for the supply chain management to be setup with the logistics taken into account. To pull this off, you need to put together a consortium of labor, business, Army Corps of Engineers, various regulatory agencies and medical experts, get them together and allow for them to clear the roadblocks all at once. If there is a delay, you identify it and find a way to minimize it or reduce it. Maybe that requires huge team of people led by military to go in and rebuild or retrofit something and maybe you have to waive various restrictions on permitting, environment and labor and such to get it done. But you break though the log jams and get the production rolling quickly. The up front contracting gives certainty and while we may end up with too much, we can send that to other countries as they face the virus and stockpile some of it in case there is a second wave god forbid.

I have the utmost respect for those who are concerned about the Constitution. I am concerned about the constitution too, but I am also concerned about what it means for a constitution when a desperate mass of people seek answers only to be denied in the name of the constitution. Historically, that has not worked out well for the Constitution or freedom as people will turn to extremists out of desperation. It is therefore incumbent on people who do respect our institution, to utilize the means at their disposable to alleviate such discontent before it can pose a threat. You do that by making the system work towards improving those conditions, not have be or be seen as the hindrance to that.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Press Release -

I have introduced the House's small business bill sponsored by Cinyc into the Senate to expedite the passage process on that since we dealt with that separately from the big stimulus bill unlike IRL and while that bigger bill has passed, we cannot allow the small business to languish or be forgotten in this process.

Just some notes about a few things. While some things have been delayed or stretched out longer than I would like, it is my hope to make sure that things that have to get done are accomplished and this goes for the Senate, which I just updated things on and also for the Fed convention, which I have not forgotten about.

Right now, as I am sure is the case with most of you, a lot of my attention has been sapped by the Covid19 outbreak, not just following the latest news on it in real life, but also living with its impacts in real life. I work in retail, as a stocker and have been on the front lines of the massive wave of panic buying, which has now given way to intense restrictions on social distancing and other practices. For an example, the gloves they provide us have no durability and they rip/tear easily so, I have taken to wearing my hardware gloves over them and they leave my hands feeling like balloons after just two hours since they don't have any air flow at all.

Keep in mind that I can only access discord from my Windows Seven Computer and a lot of the time, if I am in a hurry especially, I will only use the XP machine to quickly get on an make posts, so if something requires my urgent notice, best to PM me in case I don't get on discord for a few days. Normally, I would have been on during Saturday evening, but various things I had to do precluded it, I don't like to get on there after I get home because I have a tendency to not get off until way too late and thus leave me with too little sleep for work.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Archiving 23rd Senate

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Bills/Resolutions Introduced

• More Money for Hurting Small Businesses Act.
• SUPPORT FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS...

Amendments Introduced

Votes
Vote on President Pro-Tempore of the Senate: NC Yankee
Vote on Final Passage of the Coronavirus Containment and Emergency...: Aye
Vote on Passage of Amendment S22:14 to the Labor Rights Amendment: Aye
Vote on Passage of Amendment S23:04 to the Federal Assault...: Aye
Vote on Passage of Amendment S23:06 to the Global Advocacy...: Aye
Vote on Passage of Amendment S23:05 to the Domestic Security...: Aye FTR
Vote on Passage of Amendment S23:08 to the Federal Assault...: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Labor Rights Amendment as amended: Abstain
Vote on Final Passage of the Fighting Climate Change Resolution: Abstain
Vote on Amendment S23:07 to the Sticking it to the Man Act: Nay
Vote on Confirmation of Clyde to be Comptroller General: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Domestic Security Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Covid Stimulus: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Federal Assault Weapons...: Nay
Vote on Final Passage of the More Fairness to Workers Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Global Advocacy...: Nay
Vote on Final Passage of the ANTIFA Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the More Aid for Small Business: Aye
Vote on Senate Passage of the Kansas and Nebraska go to Together: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Sticking it to the Man Act: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Off the Hook Act: Aye
Vote on Final Confirmation of Lumine as Game Moderator: Aye
Vote on Final Passage of the Support for Frontline Workers: Aye
Vote on Amendment S23:18 by Scott to the Single Use Plastic: Aye

Statements on the Floor
Attempt to Expand application of Labor Rights Amendment
Attempt to Expand Application of Labor Rights Amendment Part II
Bad Credit Relief Act
Opposition to AWB and Support for Background Checks
Healthcare System and Covid-19
Avoiding Delays and Stoppages
Question on Covid-19 text related to Healthcare
Three main priorities in financial regulations
Counterproductive to reject Senate amended house originated Amendments
Concern about sending checks to rich people
Statement on the Covid-19 Stimulus
Statement on Covid-19 Stimulus Part II
Need for data to be move in unison in Clyde confirmation hearing
Opposing complete removal of life sentences
Small Business Aid Advocacy
Over Proscribing of Opiate Pain Medication
Concern about Lawsuits over Quorum Less Votes and Rules Issues
Spam Callers and ID theft
Statement on fundamental flaw with international organizations
Preferred dynamic between doctors concerning advertised drugs
Time durability and cost advantage of coins versus paper money
Question for Lumine Confirmation Hearing
Ten day requirement for special elections
Request for Attorney General Input
Half-cent coin information
Limits on amending legislation
History of rules on amendments to bills
Plastic recycling in New York

Statements in Other Chamber
Pre-Reset Senate Rules
More on Pre-Reset Senate Rules
Encouraging House to Vote Aye on Right to Life Amendment (Healthcare)
Helping Small Business
Size of Small Business Relief


Non-Floor Speeches

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This is like working out of a briefcase.

24th People's Regional Senate:

Slot 1 (General)
Immigration Reform Act of 2020 - SB24:01
Sponsor: Tack50
Status: Amendment Objections
Since: May 05, 2020, 11:51:53 pm
Ends: May 06, 2020, 11:51:53 pm

Slot 2 (General)
Eliminating small Dollar denominations Act - SB23:09
Sponsor: Tack50
Status: Debating
Since: May 05, 2020, 11:29:05 pm
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Federal Caseload Relief Act - SB24:02
Sponsor: Scott
Status: Initial Debate Period
Since: May 04, 2020, 01:41:59 am
Ends: May 07, 2020, 01:41:59 am

Slot 4 (General)
Rules Amendment - SR23:15
Sponsor: Scott
Status: Tabling Vote
Since: May 06, 2020, 01:23:07 am
Ends: May 08, 2020, 01:23:07 am

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Single Use Glass and Plastic Discouraging Act - SB23:16
Sponsor: Tack50
Status:Debating
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Passed Legislation:
Videogames Ratings Restructuring Act - SB23:07 - Passed 3-2 w/ VP tiebreaker
China Human Rights Council Resolution - SR:23:13 - Passed 6-0


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Queue

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

24th Regional Senate Amendment Tracker

• May 04, 2020, 03:17:06 pm S24:04 Tack50 amendment to the Immigration Reform..,
• May 03, 2020, 06:29:47 am S24:03 Tack50 Amendment to the Eliminating Small Dollar...
• May 02, 2020, 06:20:17 am S24:02 Tack50 amendment to the Eliminating small Dollar...
• May 01, 2020, 11:37:04 pm S24:01 Jimmy amendment to the Eliminating small Dollar...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Probably won't be on Atlas much the next 24 hours or at least that is my hope, for reasons that should be rather obvious (if such is not, it should be from viewing my profile). The recent swath of motions were perfectly timed so I can address them at the end of said period. Don't kill each other, and don't destroy something I like, that would be like the rudest thing ever!

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Probably won't be on Atlas much the next 24 hours or at least that is my hope, for reasons that should be rather obvious (if such is not, it should be from viewing my profile). The recent swath of motions were perfectly timed so I can address them at the end of said period. Don't kill each other, and don't destroy something I like, that would be like the rudest thing ever!

Happy birthday Yankee!

[Lumine]

Happy Birthday!

(Anyone so much as misbehaves on Yankee's absence and I bring up the old flamethrower, Wulfric be damned)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Happy Birthday!

[Esteemed Jimmy]

Happy Birthday!

[PSOL]

Happy Birthday!

[YE]

Happy Birthday!

[Former President tack50]

Happy birthday Yankee!

[S019]

Happy Birthday!

[Elcaspar]

Happy Birthday!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This game is supposed to be fun and yet every time I get on discord, I get stressed out to the point of getting sick. I don't need or want that sh**t in my life.

[Former President tack50]

This game is supposed to be fun and yet every time I get on discord, I get stressed out to the point of getting sick. I don't need or want that sh**t in my life.

But where would we be without the drama?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This game is supposed to be fun and yet every time I get on discord, I get stressed out to the point of getting sick. I don't need or want that sh**t in my life.

But where would we be without the drama?

I don't have the patience to watch the LFromNJ remake of the "Let's take our toys and go home" movie that I have already seen 15 god damn times.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Archiving 24th Senate

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Bills/Resolutions Introduced

• Atlas Fantasy Government Board Description Act

Amendments Introduced

• June 20, 2020, 11:10:42 pm S24:23 NC Yankee amendment to the...Social Security...
• June 21, 2020, 11:12:44 pm S24:22 NC Yankee amendment to the Unions Forever...
• June 14, 2020, 03:49:23 am S24:19 NC Yankee amendment to the Repeal Federal AWB...

Votes
Vote on amendment S23:20 by LT to the Eliminating small Dollar...: Nay
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Presidential Succession Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the China Human Rights Council Resolution: Aye
Vote on President Pro-Tempore of the Senate: NC Yankee
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Federal Caseload Relief Act: Aye
Vote on Amendment S24:10 by Jimmy: Nay
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Eliminating Small Dollar Denominations: Aye
Vote on Amendment S24:11 by Scott: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Requiring Child Safety Alert Systems Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Anthracite Regional Investment Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Support Our Steel Workers Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the ANTIFA Act (Original House Version): Aye
Vote on Amendment S24:20 the AFG Board Description...: NAY
Vote on Amendment S24:21 to the Repeal Federal AWB: Nay
Vote on Cloture for the Repeal Federal AWB: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Repeal Federal AWB: Aye
Vote on Amendment S24:23 to the Unions Forever: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Extending Quarantines: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the End to Affirmative...: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the AFG Board Description...: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Requiring Child Safety...: Aye
Vote on Amendment S24:22 to the...Social Security...: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Permanent Punishment Reform Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Unions Forever...: Nay

Statements on the Floor
Bills dying in RL bicameral system
Clarifying Scott's position on debate time for returning bills
Maintaining Debate Momentum
Philosophical basis for preserving bicameralism and how it informs changes to process
Current Status of the Penny
Importance of effective administration of the Senate, priority over other considerations
Opinion on new coins and preferred approach to the nickel
Lapsing of Deputy PPT at the end of each session
Regional-Federal Coordination in Caseload of Public Defenders
Issues with recycling program in New York
Anthracite and NE PA
Rust belt nostalgia
Children and Pets Trapped in Locked Cars
Placeholder amount
Proper balance of interests in immigration levels
Timing of Budget Process
Success of the USB interface
Board Descriptions
Inquiry about administration budget
Question about Presidential Power and Tariffs
Question about who should be on immigration panel
Tariff-Monopoly relative connection in global economics
Contacting Virginia about splitting RG board
Importance of Budget Debates in the Congressional/Executive Power dynamic
Question about worker retraining
Covid Testing benchmarks for quarantine requirements.
Presidential Power in game
Asking about amendment on testing capacity
Worker Retraining as a Development strategy
Exodus of Younger People from Appalachia
Inquiring about how retraining would be mandatory
Cloture Motions
Filtering Regional Gov't Threads to New Boards
Placing Retraining Programs in the bill text
Explaining How Filibusters Work

Statements in Other Chamber



Non-Floor Speeches

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I got this updated through today.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Nothing like doing Senate stuff in my phone to make me question my life choices. How do you guys do this on these things?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just went through all of the Senate threads. Rather concerned by the lack of responses to my previous postings as I was the last post in most of them and some of them were 3 days or more old.

More concerning then that is this tropical storm is taking a path very similar Matthew and that could pose severe risk even as a tropical storm for inland flooding, power outages and historically speaking, internet outages lasting several days.

In such cases, YE and Sestak have authority make procedural advances in my Senate bills and LT is fully authorized to handle any urgent procedural actions in the convention. I don't want to hear afterwards people whining on discord because nobody knew what to do. I clearly stated all important priorities to be pushed forward on last Tuesday and those still stand as such.

[Former President tack50]

At times I feel like even nature itself is conspiring against Yankee

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

At times I feel like even nature itself is conspiring against Yankee

I feel like that all the time, actually.