SB 117-29: The 2023 Big Dig Act - Passed

[DKrol]

Object to the amendment. Would not object an amendment they focus the funding to infrastructure projects.

[Joseph Cao]

[DKrol]

I offer the following amendment:

Section 2: Appropriations
1. $10,000,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Lincoln for the purposes of planning, designing, and constructing a rail tunnel link between North Station and the Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, in Boston.
2. $500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Lincoln for the purposes of planning, designing, and constructing an extension of the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line to provide service to Nashua, Manchester, and Concord, New Hampshire.
3. $10,500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Fremont to spend on infrastructure projects and programs of its choice.
4. $10,500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of the South to spend on infrastructure projects and programs of its choice.

Section 3: Contingency
1. Part 1 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of Lincoln adopting legislation to provide at least 25% of the projected costs for the North Station-South Station rail tunnel link.
2. Part 32 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of Lincoln adopting legislation to provide 50% of the projected costs for the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line extension.
Part 3 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of Fremont adopting legislation to provide 33% of the projected costs of the selected infrastructure project or program.
Part 4 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of the South adopting legislation to provide 33% of the projected costs of the selected infrastructure project or program.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Do you accept the modification as offered by Dkrol?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Hearing no objection of any sort, the Dkrol amendment is adopted.

motion for a final vote

[fhtagn]

Objection.


I offer the following amendment:

Section 2: Appropriations
1. $10,000,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Lincoln for the purposes of planning, designing, and constructing a rail tunnel link between North Station and the Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, in Boston.
2. $500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Lincoln for the purposes of planning, designing, and constructing an extension of the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line to provide service to Nashua, Manchester, and Concord, New Hampshire.
3. $10,500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Fremont to spend on infrastructure projects and programs of its choice.
4. $10,500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of the South to spend on infrastructure projects and programs of its choice.

Section 3: Contingency
1. Part 1 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of Lincoln adopting legislation to provide at least 25% of the projected costs for the North Station-South Station rail tunnel link.
2. Part 32 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of Lincoln adopting legislation to provide 50% of the projected costs for the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line extension.
Part 3 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of Fremont adopting legislation to provide 33% of the projected costs of the selected infrastructure project or program.
Part 4 of Section 2 of this Act shall take effect upon the regional government of the South adopting legislation to provide 33% of the projected costs of the selected infrastructure project or program.

[DKrol]

I have no objection to the amendment. I thought certain senators would be opposed to a straight hand out of federal cash, so I included the contingency to force local buy-in. But I’m certainly not opposed to pork barrel patronage spending.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion withdrawn. Is there any objection to the amendment?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Amendment Adopted. Motion for a final vote

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A final vote is beginning.

Aye

[DKrol]

Aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[RFayette]

Nay

[reagente]

Nay

[nerd73]

Aye

[Coastal Elitist]

Nay

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[LAKISYLVANIA]

LOL.

You don't know how similar this is to Belgian legislation.

A "The federal government pays a metro line in Flanders"
B "But we want one as well"
A "Ok, here you go, some money for a metro line in Wallonia"
B "thanks"

Result

We have a ghost metro network now in one of our cities, because the city is too small too support such a huge metro network.

And this is Belgian politics in a nutshell, usually with a very left-wing south and a very right-wing north that continuously argue over everything and nothing.

And secession things, yeah lol. In the late 2000s, the french-speaking public broadcasting union announced that Flanders did secede for the lols, and an entire evening events were simulated as to prepare the nation for an eventual split-up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRs-TQ1gjdQ

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6178671.stm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Secession_hoax

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Despite the allocation of money to the South, we still see their senators reject free federal money for the South.

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But anyways, an Aye vote

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

Nay

[ChiefFireWaterMike]

Nay

[fhtagn]

Nay

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Passes 8-6-0-4

The 2023 Big Dig Act
An Act to modernize transportation infrastructure in the Greater Boston area

Section1: Title and Intent
1. This act shall be known as "The 2023 Big Dig Act".
2. The intent of this act is to provide federal support for modernization projects for the Greater Boston Area.

Section 2: Appropriations
1. $10,000,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Lincoln for the purposes of planning, designing, and constructing a rail tunnel link between North Station and the Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, in Boston.
2. $500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Lincoln for the purposes of planning, designing, and constructing an extension of the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line to provide service to Nashua, Manchester, and Concord, New Hampshire.
3. $10,500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of Fremont to spend on infrastructure projects and programs of its choice.
4. $10,500,000,000 is appropriated to the regional government of the South to spend on infrastructure projects and programs of its choice.

Section 3: Effective Date
1. Section 2 of this Act shall take effect according to Section 3 of this Act.
2. The remainder of this Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage.

Wall of Shame Vote 41:
AFE up to 3
Razze, Jay, Jimmy up to 1

Lord Richard reset to 0

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Aye ftr