The White House

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Excellen choices Mr. President

Oh, and I also nominate AndrewCT as Secretary of Awesome.

[Meeker]

I applaud both of these selections and thank President Moderate for including the AUB in his Cabinet.

[Хahar 🤔]

Excellen choices Mr. President

Oh, and I also nominate AndrewCT as Secretary of Awesome.

I encouage all Senators to vote for Gov. Andrew's confirmation.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

One more formal announcement: As the Constitution requires one to be given "from time to time," I will be giving a State of the Forum Address next Friday, July 18th, assuming the cabinet is all selected, confirmed, and sworn in by that time.

[Colin]

Brandon and Jedi are fine. I have no problems with either.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The White House thanks the Deputy SoFA for his service, and accepts his wishes to be withdrawn for consideration.

A new candidate for SoFA will be nominated "forthwith."

[minionofmidas]

"forthwith."

[AndrewTX]

Excellen choices Mr. President

Oh, and I also nominate AndrewCT as Secretary of Awesome.

This is a most tubular choice Mr. President. I gladly accept, and will promise to have make sure that I am wicked awesome in this position. Radical dude... radical

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

White House Nominates EarlAW as Secretary of Forum Affairs

President Moderate, at one time, nominated EarlAW to Secretary of Forum Affairs.  He later accidentally overwrote the press release that was initially in this space.  Whoops.

But hey, no, seriously, EarlAW has turned out great.  And so has President Moderate.  Even though he has a penchant for accidentally overwriting stuff like this.

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[DownWithTheLeft]

Another great choice Moderate, good to see the AUB represented again.

[Hatman 🍁]

I happily accept, Mr. President.

[HappyWarrior]

When would Earl take office and by extension how will his senate seat be replaced?

[Хahar 🤔]

When would Earl take office and by extension how will his senate seat be replaced?

Special election.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

When would Earl take office and by extension how will his senate seat be replaced?

He'd take office immediately after confirmation.  Unless the court rules differently, Inks.LWC will continue to run elections until this time.

And yes, we now fill PR-STV vacancies by Special Election.

[Colin]

I fully support this nomination, Mr. President. A much better choice.

[Meeker]

Wonderful. Full support.

And thank you once again for including the AUB. The Moderate Administration thus far has been a welcome breath of fresh air.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I think Inks would have been a good choice, but I'm sure EarlAW will do an excellent job as well.

[Robespierre's Jaw]

A selection I did not expect Mr. President, however it is a good selection at that. Hopefully, the confirmation of Senator Washburn will be that of a quick and easy process, unlike this disastrous confirmation hearing of Deputy Secretary of Forum Affairs Inks, which of course, ended in Inks' withdrawl. I look forward to supporting Senator Washburn is his venture to become Atlasia's next Secretary of Forum Affairs.

The Moderate Administration thus far has been a welcome breath of fresh air.

Indeed it has and am I sure many Atlasian citizens would sing to that tune also, including myself. The Presidency of Keystone Phil was never supposed to happen, and I'm sure the former President would agree too. Mr. President, continue the excellent work .

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Just to keep people up to date about an earlier pledge of mine, I have begun "scoring" votes on the Senate floor.  Here is how the "scoring" will work.

There will be two separate scores issued to each Senator.  The first is an "activity" score, which will simply be a measure of each Senator's voting attendance.  (Official "abstain" votes will be scored the same as yea/nay votes.)  All votes on all issues in all stages will be taken into account for this score.

The second measure will be ideological, and based on how often each Senator votes with the White House on votes either deemed important to the President's agenda, or votes on which the President has a strong opinion.  An effort will be made to announce which votes will be scored before they take place.

An "abstain" vote here will be generally counted as a "half-vote" for the President's agenda, though exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis.  (For example, EarlAW will not be penalized for his "abstain" vote on his own nomination.)


UPCOMING VOTES TO BE SCORED: Partisan Requirement Amendment, "Super-SoFA" Amendment, Gasoline Price Stabilization Bill, Amendment to End the Budget Requirement, Confirmation of Brandon H, Confirmation of MasterJedi, Confirmation of EarlAW.

UPCOMING VOTES TO NOT BE SCORED: OSPR Amendment, Return to Sept 10 Redraft, Repeal of the Deregistration Act

COMPLETED, SCORED: Confirmation of Sam Spade

COMPLETED, NOT SCORED: Miners' Widows Bill (signed); Vote on President Pro Tempore, Confirmation of Inks.LWC (withdrawn)


The White House will be taking a highly active role in the August 2008 midterm elections to elect incumbents and challengers who back the President's agenda.  (Candidates for the August '08 election and any intermediate special election can expect to receive questionaires.)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

And not to omit the obvious, but a thanks to Meeker and Conor for their kind words about my Presidency thusfar. 

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Official Presidential Executive Order

Executive Order Eliminating the Use of Torture Within the Atlasian Military

1. The Atlasian Military is hereby ordered to classify the practice of "waterboarding" as "torture."

2. Atlasian Military is hereby restricted from utilizing torture techniques for the purposes of interrogation.

3. The Atlasian Military is further restricted from "torture by proxy," the act of handing detainees over to foreign authorities for the purposes of evading Atlasian code prohibiting torturous acts.

4. This Executive Order shall not be interpreted to abolish capital punishment within the Atlasian Military.



William F Moderate
The White House
July 16, 2008

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Official Presidential Executive Order

Executive Order Eliminating the Use of Torture Within the Atlasian Military

1. The Atlasian Military is hereby ordered to classify the practice of "waterboarding" as "torture."

2. Atlasian Military is hereby restricted from utilizing torture techniques for the purposes of interrogation.

3. The Atlasian Military is further restricted from "torture by proxy," the act of handing detainees over to foreign authorities for the purposes of evading Atlasian code prohibiting torturous acts.

4. This Executive Order shall not be interpreted to abolish capital punishment within the Atlasian Military.



William F Moderate
The White House
July 16, 2008

Excellent

[Colin]

Official Presidential Executive Order

Executive Order Eliminating the Use of Torture Within the Atlasian Military

1. The Atlasian Military is hereby ordered to classify the practice of "waterboarding" as "torture."

2. Atlasian Military is hereby restricted from utilizing torture techniques for the purposes of interrogation.

3. The Atlasian Military is further restricted from "torture by proxy," the act of handing detainees over to foreign authorities for the purposes of evading Atlasian code prohibiting torturous acts.

4. This Executive Order shall not be interpreted to abolish capital punishment within the Atlasian Military.



William F Moderate
The White House
July 16, 2008

I guess you'll just need to outsource that stuff to my all new Private Military Corporation. That's fine, we're alwasy looking for new customers.

[Хahar 🤔]

I am somewhat unclear on one thing. What is the Administration's policy on a GM?

[Хahar 🤔]

I am somewhat unclear on one thing. What is the Administration's policy on a GM?