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CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS
PROPOSALS
Congressmen and Congresswomen have the ability to officially propose bills to Congress. In order to propose a bill, the Representative will follow the congressional process.
BILL FORMAT
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Sections Without Subsections
Sections without subsections shall follow this format.
2 - Sections With Subsections
(1) Subsections with subsections shall follow this format.
(2) Authors will be sure to note the usage of parenthesis.
3 - Sections With Sub-subsections
(1) Subsections with sub-subsections shall follow this format.
*(a) Sub-subsections will appear like this, italicised and with letters.*
4 - Sections With Lists
(1) Sections may sometimes require lists, and such practice will be allowed.
(a) Lists will take the following properties:--
- They will be preceded by a “:--”;
- They will not be italicised;
- They will use the google docs dashed list formatting, because it is easy to copy into reddit;
- Each line will end with a semicolon; and
- The second to last line will have an “and” so that this theoretically makes grammatical sense as a sentence, with the last line ending in a period.
RESOLUTION FORMAT
The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress, do hereby formally enact this non-binding resolution, as a request to our Government:
CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS
1) The Bill is posted to forums by the sponsoring Representative as a Bill: Draft. A link will be posted to #bill-proposals by the representative.
2) When debate is finished in the House of Representatives, the Speaker will add a poll to the bill for a 48 hour voting period. The prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.
3) After the 48 hours have passed; all votes have been submitted; or a majority is reached, there will be 2 situations:
(a) If the Bill is passed, the Speaker will change the Bill status to Bill: Pending and move it to the Senate, notifying the Vice President; or
(b) If the Bill is rejected, the Speaker will change the Bill status to Bill: Rejected and move it to the Rejected sub-forum.
4) When debate is finished in the Senate, the Vice President will re-open the poll for 48 hours. The prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.
5) After the 48 hours have passed; all votes have been submitted; or a majority is reached, there will be 2 situations:
(a) If the Bill is passed, the Vice President will move the bill to the Congressional forum applying the 'awaiting assent' prefix, notifying the President for their assent; or
(b) If the Bill is rejected, the Vice President will change the Bill status to Bill: Rejected and move it to the Rejected sub-forum with Senate recommendations in the comments.
6) If a bill is passed by Congress, the President will do the following:
(a) The President will sign the Bill and move it to the Acts of Congress forum. The Speaker’s Office will update the Rules and Laws; or
(b) The President will Veto the Bill and move it to the Rejected forum, providing the reason in the comments.
7) Once the changes have been made, the Speaker's office will announce the changes to the public.
TIES
If there’s a tie (this is there are the same number of votes in favor and against independently of the number of abstains), the poll will be held again without the abstain option.
REJECTED BILLS
The bill or a bill of the same nature will not be proposed for a period of 14 days.
OVERRIDING A VETO
When the President vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto through a 2/3 majority vote.
ABSTENTIONS
The quorum when voting shall be dynamic. Where a member abstains from voting, the majority will be decided based on those who have not abstained.
EXCLUSIONS
If or when there is a motion against or relating specifically to a member of Congress, their vote shall not be included. (e.g. Motion of nomination, no confidence, removal)
REDUNDANT PREFIX
(1) A 'Redundant' prefix will be made available to the Speaker's office.
(2) This prefix may be applied to bills by the Speaker's office where a bill no longer has legal relevance. Bills with the redundancy prefix will be moved to the rescinded / vetoed / rejected forum.
(3) Redundant bills will remain law until they are formally rescinded.
MOTIONS
A motion is moved in #congress-chat. Representatives should all vote on a motion. It is simply a message such as:
1) MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE (AKA VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE)
This should not be taken lightly, as it destabilises the Government and has significant wider impacts. Where the speaker is ousted they resume the role of Congresswoman/man; a new speaker is then elected. Where a Secretary is ousted, the President will need to nominate a replacement.
2) CENSURE MOTION
A Censure Motion can be moved by any representative against anyone. It carries no punishment, however publicly condemns someone's actions. (e.g. The Representative broke the law on or off congressional duties; missed a vote without a reasonable excuse; and or didn't follow parliamentary process etc.).
3) MOTION OF REMOVAL
When a Representative resigns or is removed from office, they will be replaced by any player nominated by the Speaker and approved by Congress. The nominee is, by convention, the player with the next most votes in the most recent election. The Congress can remove a fellow member of the Congress through a unanimous vote (excluding the representative in question). Congress should however only exercise this power where the circumstances are appropriate (e.g. the representative has been censured several times).
4) MOTION OF NOMINATION
When a candidate for the Judiciary or the Legislative branches is nominated by the President or the Speaker, a supermajority approval is required.
Any changes to this process should take the form of an amendment to the Congressional Process.
PROPOSALS
Congressmen and Congresswomen have the ability to officially propose bills to Congress. In order to propose a bill, the Representative will follow the congressional process.
BILL FORMAT
A
BILL
To
Purpose of the bill
BILL
To
Purpose of the bill
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Sections Without Subsections
Sections without subsections shall follow this format.
2 - Sections With Subsections
(1) Subsections with subsections shall follow this format.
(2) Authors will be sure to note the usage of parenthesis.
3 - Sections With Sub-subsections
(1) Subsections with sub-subsections shall follow this format.
*(a) Sub-subsections will appear like this, italicised and with letters.*
4 - Sections With Lists
(1) Sections may sometimes require lists, and such practice will be allowed.
(a) Lists will take the following properties:--
- They will be preceded by a “:--”;
- They will not be italicised;
- They will use the google docs dashed list formatting, because it is easy to copy into reddit;
- Each line will end with a semicolon; and
- The second to last line will have an “and” so that this theoretically makes grammatical sense as a sentence, with the last line ending in a period.
RESOLUTION FORMAT
A
RESOLUTION
To
Purpose of the Resolution
RESOLUTION
To
Purpose of the Resolution
The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress, do hereby formally enact this non-binding resolution, as a request to our Government:
CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS
1) The Bill is posted to forums by the sponsoring Representative as a Bill: Draft. A link will be posted to #bill-proposals by the representative.
2) When debate is finished in the House of Representatives, the Speaker will add a poll to the bill for a 48 hour voting period. The prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.
3) After the 48 hours have passed; all votes have been submitted; or a majority is reached, there will be 2 situations:
(a) If the Bill is passed, the Speaker will change the Bill status to Bill: Pending and move it to the Senate, notifying the Vice President; or
(b) If the Bill is rejected, the Speaker will change the Bill status to Bill: Rejected and move it to the Rejected sub-forum.
4) When debate is finished in the Senate, the Vice President will re-open the poll for 48 hours. The prefix will be changed to Bill: Voting.
5) After the 48 hours have passed; all votes have been submitted; or a majority is reached, there will be 2 situations:
(a) If the Bill is passed, the Vice President will move the bill to the Congressional forum applying the 'awaiting assent' prefix, notifying the President for their assent; or
(b) If the Bill is rejected, the Vice President will change the Bill status to Bill: Rejected and move it to the Rejected sub-forum with Senate recommendations in the comments.
6) If a bill is passed by Congress, the President will do the following:
(a) The President will sign the Bill and move it to the Acts of Congress forum. The Speaker’s Office will update the Rules and Laws; or
(b) The President will Veto the Bill and move it to the Rejected forum, providing the reason in the comments.
7) Once the changes have been made, the Speaker's office will announce the changes to the public.
TIES
If there’s a tie (this is there are the same number of votes in favor and against independently of the number of abstains), the poll will be held again without the abstain option.
REJECTED BILLS
The bill or a bill of the same nature will not be proposed for a period of 14 days.
OVERRIDING A VETO
When the President vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto through a 2/3 majority vote.
ABSTENTIONS
The quorum when voting shall be dynamic. Where a member abstains from voting, the majority will be decided based on those who have not abstained.
EXCLUSIONS
If or when there is a motion against or relating specifically to a member of Congress, their vote shall not be included. (e.g. Motion of nomination, no confidence, removal)
REDUNDANT PREFIX
(1) A 'Redundant' prefix will be made available to the Speaker's office.
(2) This prefix may be applied to bills by the Speaker's office where a bill no longer has legal relevance. Bills with the redundancy prefix will be moved to the rescinded / vetoed / rejected forum.
(3) Redundant bills will remain law until they are formally rescinded.
MOTIONS
A motion is moved in #congress-chat. Representatives should all vote on a motion. It is simply a message such as:
I move a motion of no confidence against xEndeavour for...
I would like to move a censure motion against xEndeavour for...
Motion: Appoint xEndeavour as the replacement representative for VeryBadRepresentative42069.
Motions will be allowed to be re-voted on twice in case of tie or rejection, otherwise a period of 14 days will need to elapse before it can be put forward again.1) MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE (AKA VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE)
This should not be taken lightly, as it destabilises the Government and has significant wider impacts. Where the speaker is ousted they resume the role of Congresswoman/man; a new speaker is then elected. Where a Secretary is ousted, the President will need to nominate a replacement.
2) CENSURE MOTION
A Censure Motion can be moved by any representative against anyone. It carries no punishment, however publicly condemns someone's actions. (e.g. The Representative broke the law on or off congressional duties; missed a vote without a reasonable excuse; and or didn't follow parliamentary process etc.).
3) MOTION OF REMOVAL
When a Representative resigns or is removed from office, they will be replaced by any player nominated by the Speaker and approved by Congress. The nominee is, by convention, the player with the next most votes in the most recent election. The Congress can remove a fellow member of the Congress through a unanimous vote (excluding the representative in question). Congress should however only exercise this power where the circumstances are appropriate (e.g. the representative has been censured several times).
4) MOTION OF NOMINATION
When a candidate for the Judiciary or the Legislative branches is nominated by the President or the Speaker, a supermajority approval is required.
Any changes to this process should take the form of an amendment to the Congressional Process.
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