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  The South Pacific Hall of Historical Records Archives Fudgetopia Hall of Government Assembly of the South Pacific [PASSED] Amendment to Article 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act (Cooling-off Period)

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[PASSED] Amendment to Article 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act (Cooling-off Period)
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01-27-2020, 04:52 AM

I appreciate the intent but I have a few comments and worries:
  • Somebody needs to decide when it's "substantially similar". This would probably be the Chair, in line with how it is defined for competing legislation.
  • Wouldn't the Chair already be able to do that using their existing discretionary powers? The current LPA was deliberately written in a way that gives the Chair many freedoms to effectively guide debate.
  • If an amendment is voted down because of a particular piece of pork contained within it, and an alternative is proposed that's the same bill just without that piece of pork, wouldn't it be reasonable then to just send it to the vote "right away"? In a way this is what we have right now with Jay's amendments.
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