SR 104-08: Finish the Damn Audit Resolution (Tabled)

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A RESOLUTION
To call for the audit to finally be finished

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Section I. Title

1. This bill may be known as the Finish the Damn Audit Resolution.

Section II. Background

1. The Congress of Atlasia, on July 28, 2018, passed HB 1283, the Audit the Federal Government Act. The federal audit described in HB 1283 has still yet to conclude.

Section III. Content
1. The Senate of Atlasia calls for the federal audit described in HB 1283 to be completed as soon as reasonably possible, and for the completion of the audit to be a priority of the current administration.

Sponsor: Weatherboy

The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized.

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Relevant law

Sounds fairly uncontroversial to me.

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I was about to author a bill abolishing Selective Service only to realize we already did that, so I'm offering this amendment:

Section III. Content

1. The Senate of Atlasia calls for the federal audit described in HB 1283 to be completed as soon as reasonably possible, and for the completion of the audit to be a priority of the current administration.

2. This audit must include federal savings incurred from the dissolution of the Selective Service System.

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I was about to author a bill abolishing Selective Service only to realize we already did that, so I'm offering this amendment:

Section III. Content

1. The Senate of Atlasia calls for the federal audit described in HB 1283 to be completed as soon as reasonably possible, and for the completion of the audit to be a priority of the current administration.

2. This audit must include federal savings incurred from the dissolution of the Selective Service System.

Is the Selective Service even in the budget? I would assume not considering that was passed 5 years ago but perhaps I am wrong.

It's not specifically mentioned in budget, but unless we accounted for that law in the subsequent budget, we are still funding it.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the amendment.

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The vacant Comptroller General does the financial stuff, not the GM.

Crap.

This resolution will have to go on hold until we figure out what's going to happen to the CG office.

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If lfromnj doesn't update us soon on his program for the CG, it might be best to just table this.

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Officially withdrawing my amendment. It took two seconds for me to discover the cost and I'd rather just cut it from the current budget at this point.

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With two senators having motioned to table, a vote is now open.

Senators, on the motion to table please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

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I'm going to reluctantly vote aye on tabling for now but I would like to take this back up once we have the resources.

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Anyone who thinks we should have an audit without even having the proper tools yet should volunteer for the job themselves.

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Alright. If WB is able to conduct the audit, far be it for me to prevent him. I change my vote to Nay.

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I am suspending the table vote which had nowhere near the number of votes it needed for passage, FWIW. Debate resumes.

Hopefully CraneHusband has an archive, public or private, that can help us going forward...

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I also think it would be in the interest of the executive branch or the Senate to designate a task force on government waste. But, do keep in mind that most government waste is a drop in the bucket and the only way to effectively reduce our deficit is through big defense cuts and tighter welfare and Social Security rules. (I will not support any proposal to cut public health funding or Social Security.)

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Unless someone volunteers to be CG, I don't know what we can do with this.

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Senators have 24 hours to object to the amendment.

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Two motions having been raised, a vote is now open on the motion to table. Senators, please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

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Aye. When we get our house in order we can take this up again.

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Was this tabled?

It's about to be in a few hours, but not everyone has voted. Although I do hope this is tabled so we can bring new bills to the table and reconsider the resolution when we are ready to.

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With 11 votes in favor, three opposed, and four members not voting, the bill is tabled.