[AMP] End of Term Congressional Update

Day 2,439, 08:17 • Published in USA USA • by OfficerFriendly
It’s time for Congressional Elections again! With today being the last day of my first term in congress, I’m gonna put together a small collection of what went down in congress over the last couple of weeks (minus the handful of days that the forums were down.) I did a Midterm Congressional Update earlier this month, and I wanted to do the same here at the end of the term. So strap in!
Gratuitous Scandinavian Cello Metal!
In case you hadn’t noticed, the eUS Forums were down for a little while, as the site was moved to a different host, and a new server. PigInZen worked diligently the entire time they were down, despite also having to be a father to MULTIPLE SETS OF TWINS. *shiver* We should all thank PiZ again, for all of the hard work he does for this country. o7

Tax Discussions

Almost as soon as the forums were back up, Franklin Stone made a discussion thread to raise the work tax back to 10% to help fight off the small French invasion we faced. The proposal passed, but the in-game vote failed to follow suit. Final vote ended 19 for, 23 against.

Also, a discussion opened up to lower the VAT for the new houses from the default of 10% down to 5%, where the VAT for food and weapons is as well. The proposal passed, and the in-game vote did as well. Final vote was 41 for, 2 against.

Blacklist/Censure Discussions

No self-respecting congress would go an entire halfterm without discussing blacklisting somebody. And this congress certainly did not disappoint in that regard!

The first discussion was opened by Dennis McVicker to remove himself from the Congressional Blacklist (the forums were still straightening themselves out at the time.) Both the proposal and vote threads passed. Final vote was 18-17, with 1 abstention. Welcome back DMV.
EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that, while DMV has been removed from the blacklist, he was denied citizenship by IES.

Another discussion was opened to censure and/or blacklist Pfeiffer for allegedly moving citizenship to join an eUS enemy, and fighting against eUS interests while there. The proposal passed and it went to a vote. Final tally was 14 for, 27 against. Pfeiffer would like you to know that he is the law, bitches.

In response to the discussion being brought against him, Pfeiffer also opened a thread to discuss “blacklisting a whole bunch of traitors.” It was closed by the SoH, only to be reopened the next day. It is still open, though it doesn’t really seem to be going anywhere that doesn’t include a lot of Pink Floyd quotes.

There was also a joke proposal opened by Apollo221 to have himself censured from congress. It failed to garner enough approvals, and was subsequently shut down.

Legislation Discussions

There were also two separate discussions made to introduce new congressional legislation. One was created by Delyruin to provide a statute of limitations on congressional censures and blacklistings. The discussion was ended before moving to proposal, at the request of its creator.

Another was created by FS to make a code of conduct by which all eUS citizens would be held. Any citizen found breaking any rule in the code would be automatically censured and/or blacklisted. The discussion is still open, but does not look to have the support to pass a proposal.

Miscellaneous Discussions

WookyJack opened a thread to discuss what should be done about the gold the eUS earned from the New World Cup competition. We pretty much decided to just let it chill for now.

And, lastly, Delyruin reopened the ever-popular General F***ery thread. Thanks again for making me laugh.
There were only two votes this halfterm. But, there was quite a lot of discussion about the outcome of these votes, so they were pretty important. And, here’s how AMP’s senators vote😛

Blacklist Pfeiffer - 0 yes, 8 no, 1 abstain

Un-Blacklist DMV - 3 yes, 4 no, 0 abstain













Thanks for reading! Hopefully I’ll be able to retain my congressional seat for this next term (I’m 8th in line for AMP.) But, even if I don’t, I will continue to do these articles, because I keep up with congress whether I’m in it or not! See you next time.

P.S. I’m holding a little competition on the forums to find a cool banner for my newspaper. Feel free to follow that link and enter if you’ve got photoshop skillz and an interesting idea. There’s gold involved!