Senate Office of NC Yankee (Updated Senate Index)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This one turned out to be much milder then some of the worst case scenarios were talking about. NWS even backed off forecasting flood stage for the river because the rain fall ended up being much lower than expected.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Press Release -

I have just conducted a full Senate update and I request that all the current Senators make an effort to review those threads and contribute to advancing the discussions in those threads. As I said earlier we have a good bit of work to get done this session and early next session before the silly season starts with the Presidential Election and people start to lose focus. It is my hope that we can get people on task and start off solid with the start of the new session by hitting the ground running of course.

Naturally vital to this is the confirmation of an active and competent Vice President and I look forward to the pick that President Pericles makes in the coming days. While I am not sure whether Vice President Sestak, whose resignation doesn't take effect until the confirmation of a successor, will be able to administer the hearing or not I stand ready to do so if necessary when the time comes. When it comes to the confirmation process, there are two vitally important priorities. To begin with we need to make sure that the nominee chosen is qualified, active and competent and will be able to hit the ground running, but of course I stand ready to help the new Vice President transition in once confirmed. Secondly, we must move expeditiously to get the confirmation done well before the start of the new session. I have confidence that both of these objectives can be achieved.

I will also make a cautionary note that while many would already be measuring drapes, the President is still the President and for the good of the country in this pandemic we must work with the President to deal with the crisis and other issues over the course of the coming months. Also for the sake of legislative process, the expeditious yet thorough confirmation of a VP is vital to that and therefore I would strongly urge my colleagues to resist partisan urges and focus again on those two priorities stated above: Competence and expeditious consideration for the sake of the Congressional system and its functionality.

[SevenEleven]

Congrats on the resounding victory!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Press Release

My office is monitoring the situation in the Gulf and stands ready to assist the people of LA and Texas in anyway necessary as they brace for and respond to Hurricane Laura. I look forward to working with Governor MB, Senator LT, and the members of the Chamber of Delegates to assist those affected.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Archiving 25th Senate actions

Important Links - New Congress Session
Regional Gov't Thread


Bills/Resolutions Introduced

Amendments Introduced

• August 28, 2020, 03:49:49 am S25:19 NC Yankee amendment to the Mask Mandate...
• August 18, 2020, 08:08:57 pm S25:17 NC Yankee amendment to the Ecological...
• July 26, 2020, 12:40:04 am S25:12 NC Yankee amendment to the National College...
• July 11, 2020, 06:13:12 pm S25:07 NC Yankee amendment to the National College...
• July 11, 2020, 06:00:00 pm S25:06 NC Yankee amendment to the Freedom to Roam...
• July 11, 2020, 05:51:40 pm S25:05 NC Yankee Amendment to the Appalachian...
• July 07, 2020, 02:52:28 pm S25:02 NC Yankee amendment to the...Social Security...

Votes
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Economic Security Act: Nay
Vote on President Pro-Tempore of the Senate: NC Yankee
Vote on Amendment S25:01 to the Immigration...: Nay
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Employer Covid-19 Liability...: Aye
Vote on Amendment S25:03 to Parking Protection Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Keep PREPing Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Non-Partisan Elections Act: Nay
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the No Insider Trading Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the...Social Security...: Abstain
Vote on the Motion to Table the Protecting Native Arts and Crafts Act...: Aye
Vote on Amendment S25:08 to the National College... : Nay
Vote on Final Passage of the Parking Protection Act: Abstain
Vote on Final Passage of the More Funding To Combat Covid 19 Act: Aye
Vote on Confirmation of Blairite as Comptroller General: Aye
Vote on Senate Passage of the Federal Initiative... Aye
Vote on Cloture for the Freedom to Roam Act: Abstain
Vote on Final Passage of the ROC Act: Nay
Vote on Confirmation of MB as Vice President: Aye
Vote on Amendment S25:20 by Jimmy: Aye

Statements on the Floor
Solvency Concerns in Social Security
Extend of Limitations on Insider Trading beyond RL restrictions
Originating House has to originate veto overrides as well
College Board Nationalization
College Board Nationalization and Centralism
Nationalizations and Monopolized Markets
Discord Influence on Parties and Hostility towards Partisan Machine Operations in the Past
Private Property Concerns in Freedom To Roam bill
Covid spending levels in game versus RL inquiry?
Advocating for Keep on PREPing and also preventative medicine
"Reasonable" penalties for Insider Trading by politicians
More on National College Access Act
Inquiry into ARDA adjustments
Public Engagement in Debate Threads
Appropriate Penalty for Insider Trading Inquiry
Objection to Amendment S25:08 by Tack to the National College Access Act
Set Range of Numbers to Start
Linking Past Bill on Native Arts and Culture
Positives and Concerns about Social Security Bill
Deference to RL bill designs reduces in game activity.
Disparities, Reparations, Whole of Community Improvements and Equality Before the Law
Clarifying comments on Homestead Bill
Some background on Atlasian Initiative System
Loss of Game Attributes through decline of Collective Memory
Meme Initiatives
Need to promote and raise of awareness for game features
Amendment advocacy and multiple education related topics
Importance of Communication
Unorthodox approaches to advertising game features
Administration and Money in Mask Mandate
More on the Mask Mandate Act
Mask Mandate Legal Concerns
Mask Mandate and Federal Funding
Problems with Recognizing the RoC
Civic Engagement and Initiative System
Federal Funding to be Conditioned on Mask Mandate
Further statement on Civic Engagement and Initiative System
Legal Clarity and Mask Mandate
Noticeboard and VP Questions
Mask Mandate and AG feedback
Need for Confirmation Hearing Questions
Unfunded bills on the floor
ROC Nay Vote Explanation


Statements in Other Chamber
Need for the Initiative Amendment to be altered heavily
Urging Defeat of unaltered Initiative Amendment

Non-Floor Speeches
Unnecessary Nationalization
Exclusivity of the Single Track Education
Slow Drip Centralization
Danger of Centralization to the Regions and the Game
Private Sector, Regional Regulation and Public Services
Downsides of restricting energy supply in environmental policy
Local Control, Confederate Statues and Riots

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Archiving 26th Senate

Important Links - New Congress Session
Regional Gov't Thread


Bills/Resolutions Introduced

• Vice President Reform Amendment

Amendments Introduced

• October 13, 2020, 11:25:09 pm s26:07 NC Yankee amendment to the No Coronavirus...
• October 08, 2020, 11:52:06 pm S26:06 NC Yankee amendment to the No Coronavirus...
• October 08, 2020, 11:24:04 pm S26:05 NC Yankee amendment to the VP Reform
• September 30, 2020, 12:30:20 pm S26:04 NC Yankee amendment to the VP Reform

Votes
Vote on Final Senate passage of the Mask Mandate Act: Abstain
Vote on President Pro-Tempore of the Senate: NC Yankee
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the House Amended Coin Composition Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of House Passed Jobs and Pay....: Aye
Vote on Motion to Table the Homestead Act: Aye
Vote on Cloture Motion for the Freedom to Roam Act: Aye
Vote on Wildfire Relief Act of 2020: Aye
Vote on Amendment 26:02 to the Hate Crimes...: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the CHONKY FIRE Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Data Protection Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of House Amended Mask Mandate Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Wine Classification Act: Nay
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Continuing Resolution: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act: Aye Ftr
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Second Emergency Economic Stimulus...: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the No Coronavirus Costs for Veterans Act: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Stop Corporate Looting Act of 2020: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the VP Reform Amendment: Aye
Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Reduction of Child Care Costs: Aye

Statements on the Floor
Foreign Policy Issues with ROC act
Need to start the budget process in May
Federal Vehicles
Question about Taco Bell Wine
Question about need for Federal Intervention in Wine Classification
Rural Broadband
VP Reform Advocacy
Need for separate Deputy POC
Clarification on VP Reform Amendment
VP Reform Amendment Advocacy for modifications
Advocacy for Amendment to the No Coronavirus Co-Pays for Veterans
Addressing the Department Error in Bill first
Cost Concerns in Reduction of Child Care Costs
Exploring Fremont Succession Rules for VP Reform Amendment
Realistic Impact of $50 million on childcare costs
Advocating for Amendment to Co-Pays Bill
Confusion on FM Stand in System for FM
Concern over minimal size of Childcare bill
Legislative Deadlines being Overlooked in Atlasian History
Remaining Concerns with Covid Co-Pays
More on Covid Co-Pays
Need Feedback on Bills
Concern about Reinvestment in our Communities Act

Statements in Other Chamber
Basis for Administrative Authority
Hyperlinked Vote Totals from the Other Chamber
Mask Mandate in general terms
Mask Mandate Jurisdictional Issues
Lack of Presidential Engagement with Governors on Regional Mask Mandate
Missing amendment in text before House.


Non-Floor Speeches
Personal attacks and risks to the Game

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just to bring everyone up to speed, as I posted in the well being thread in Forum Community, I was officially tested positive on Wednesday, two days before Christmas. The period leading up to Christmas was defined by chest congestion being at its worst and lack of energy/fatigue. The latter has continued but since Christmas it has moved to being more of a sinus congestion, sinus pressure situation with less frequent chest tightness and so on.

I have generally spent the period since my positive test resting and trying to recover faster, also to ensure that Christmas was not a complete 2017 style disaster and thankfully it went rather well actually.

My days generally have been rather short and the days where I get the most sleep tend to be the ones that I do best on, whereas those days that I do worse like Wednesday where I got tested, and the necessities of getting tested meant limited sleep and exposure to the morning cold were contributing factors to that being so much worse.

One big concern is that with the drive in testing sites getting swarmed, I am very much concerned about the logistics of getting tested again and then if I am still positive having to go through that process again after that as those days I get so little sleep and the morning air just wreaks havoc on my symptoms.

That being said I do plan to get back towards the normal swing of things on here over the next day or so.

[Mike Thick]

Rest up and get well soon. Glad you’re doing a little better. Your health is priority number one — let us know if there’s anything we can do to make things easier.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

It seems to come in valleys and peaks and the worst days come when I have attempted to get tested or retested. The shut down two testing sites, three if you count county health because of the holiday period, and beyond that there is only one or two other facilitates doing testing and these of course got buried. I drove 20 minutes away only to be told they didn't have a lab tech at that one site so they weren't doing any testing and all appointments were cancelled. Yesterday ended up being rather bad and today I woke up with the chest congestion like I had before Christmas.

I have found myself sleeping upwards of 12 hours a day, usually between midnight and noon, and then by six or 8 I end up worn out again and struggling to get through my nightly routine to get to bed. I have thus found myself doing the things I would normally be doing between 8 and ten, between 4 and 6 in the evening.

To add a note of caution, not once during this process have I posted a temperature higher than 98 range.

[Former President tack50]

Don't need to say it but please stay safe and healthy Yankee! Take a break if you need to, stay at home and do all the necessary precautions.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The fatigue seems to attack various weak joints and thus previous problematic areas like my right knee and lower back hurt like hell periodically and this was especially the case last night and made getting to sleep rather difficult.

[Senator-elect Spark]

The fatigue seems to attack various weak joints and thus previous problematic areas like my right knee and lower back hurt like hell periodically and this was especially the case last night and made getting to sleep rather difficult.

Get well soon chief. Glad to see you're still kicking.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I know we haven't spoken about it but you've been in my thoughts. Keep kicking COVID's ass and do what you need to do to get better. Your health always comes first.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Yesterday between like say 6 and 9 PM, was probably the closest I came to the "felt like a train run over me" effect that people describe. Once it subsided though I felt fine and then was not able to fall asleep until like 4 AM. Everything just ached so severely during that stretch and then just subsided. I am just about at two weeks since exposure and some symptoms have receded while others seem to be worse.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I tested negative for Covid today, and am planning to return to work on Wednesday. I still have the fatigue and muscle aches though they are not as bad today as they were the last few days, but this thing has surprised me before when I thought it was done. They said this could last for several more days before I am back to normal.

[Mike Thick]

Congrats! The one time in a person's life when more negativity is a good thing.

Hope all the leftover symptoms resolve themselves soon.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Praying you'll stay on the road to recovery, Yankee. You'll beat this.

[lfromnj]

Feel better man.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Appears I may have pushed myself too hard going back to work on the sixth and seventh. By the end of the shift on the 7th I had the chest pain/tightness back.

[Hammy]

Appears I may have pushed myself too hard going back to work on the sixth and seventh. By the end of the shift on the 7th I had the chest pain/tightness back.

First I've seen on this, hope you're feeling better soon.

It might be good to wait another week or so before returning to work to give your body time to rest, and find a pulse oximeter to keep an eye on your oxygen levels as extra precaution.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Appears I may have pushed myself too hard going back to work on the sixth and seventh. By the end of the shift on the 7th I had the chest pain/tightness back.

First I've seen on this, hope you're feeling better soon.

It might be good to wait another week or so before returning to work to give your body time to rest, and find a pulse oximeter to keep an eye on your oxygen levels as extra precaution.

I am kind of in limbo work wise. Not on paid leave but also not reactivated either. This worries me a lot and part of the reason why I went back when I did was concerns about this process, but it is a complete mess and completely overwhelmed with Covid.

That being said I am beginning to worry about my ability to work my present job with these lingering symptoms. Its very physically intensive and I felt fine before I went back but since Thursday, I have been almost continuously facing at least some kind of chest tightness or congestion.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Another day at work an another day in which by the time I come home, I have chest congestion and a slight cough back.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This is getting concerning, so I have scheduled a doctor's appointment tomorrow and hopefully that will help provide some clarity on my present symptoms and some guidance on how to proceed going forward.

The chest congestion and cough are back now and it will have been 5 weeks since exposure this Friday.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The congestion has continued throughout the day so I am glad I made the appointment for tomorrow.

[Mike Thick]

The congestion has continued throughout the day so I am glad I made the appointment for tomorrow.

Are you in any Facebook Groups for long COVID? I've heard this is a relatively common thing for people who had bad cases.