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House Vote: 9-0-1
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, 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 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “United Government Amendment II”
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Purpose
(1) Many real-life presidential democracies have a system similar or the same as this amendment.
(2) The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the government is united and to maintain stability in the executive.
(3) The president vetoed the previous amendment in concerns of politicizing the cabinet, which is why I have established a more democratic process to it.
(4) Concerns about an unelected cabinet being able to remove the President were made, which is why the elected Congress is now involved.
3 - Amendments
(1) Under “Role of Congress” adds the power: “Congress may vote to remove the President for being unfit for office through the defined impeachment process or the defined process of the President being considered incapacitated.”
(2) Under “Defining Key Terms” adds the definition of “Incapacitated” defined as:
"The President may be considered incapacitated and unfit to fulfill the duties of the Presidency with the following process: Majority of Cabinet, through the Vice President, brings a motion to the House of Representatives, to declare that the President is unfit for office. The Congress may then vote to remove the President with simple majority in the House of Representatives and supermajority in the Senate."
Senate Vote: 4-0-0
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BILL
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Amend the Constitution
BILL
To
Amend the Constitution
The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, 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 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “United Government Amendment II”
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
2 - Purpose
(1) Many real-life presidential democracies have a system similar or the same as this amendment.
(2) The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the government is united and to maintain stability in the executive.
(3) The president vetoed the previous amendment in concerns of politicizing the cabinet, which is why I have established a more democratic process to it.
(4) Concerns about an unelected cabinet being able to remove the President were made, which is why the elected Congress is now involved.
3 - Amendments
(1) Under “Role of Congress” adds the power: “Congress may vote to remove the President for being unfit for office through the defined impeachment process or the defined process of the President being considered incapacitated.”
(2) Under “Defining Key Terms” adds the definition of “Incapacitated” defined as:
"The President may be considered incapacitated and unfit to fulfill the duties of the Presidency with the following process: Majority of Cabinet, through the Vice President, brings a motion to the House of Representatives, to declare that the President is unfit for office. The Congress may then vote to remove the President with simple majority in the House of Representatives and supermajority in the Senate."
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