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@bertgoldberg

Already spoke with the speaker and it's being down as a constitutional amendment

then sadly it's not passing

Archer, it is passing. The speaker said he will put it into the constitution already and endorsed the plan.

or 70%

i forget which one

It needs 75%

@cajuntrooper

this changes the whole function of VC

It needs to be a constitutional amendment that get's a 70 or 75% majority.

But what if its proposed in bill form

75%

@liberty

It can't be. It changes the whole function of virtual congress. You can't do that.

A country can't change branches of government with a simple majority. It requires changes in the constitution. VC requires 75%.

As a bill it would be/is not constitutional, and couldn't be done.

There is no way to patrol regular voting. What it will be will be essentially, the regular vote on bills which will be the house, then once a week all the bills that passed the house will have to be signed in a surveymonkey vote once a week by senators, and then it goes to the president.

What is the point of a senate if they don't get the according power?

The override got removed,
You should switch your vote

Since the amendment will pass, I'll vote yea

Are you afraid of a competitive congress?

If your party is the majority of senators then you will have nothing to worry about. It makes it more realistic.

Same here. Your bill to create the senate majority leader bill failed so you're gonna propose another one? @BertGoldberg

Once the senate passes we can do the majority leader after watching how it plays out. The leader had to much power in the first bill. The amount of senators is subject to change which got cut off in section 1

So would you agree to the senate bill if we remove the senate majority leader?

It's already removed since it failed. But the senate gets the same veto powers

Or it gets it to 50% for veto, which only would happen if the president fails to maintain the senate

I think the senate veto override should be at 2/3 just like the real senate. Would everyone agree to that.

The thing is that in the VC it's just 50. When the president Veto's it is automatically the same as 2 houses vetoing by making it 67. Make it to 50 if the senate disagrees will make it essentially how it works in real life; the the pres will still be able to have power of a veto. @collinmatthew and @cajuntrooper should vote yes, especially since apparently the pres won't be running for reelection, why not expand the VC congressmen?

I think our goal should be to first and primarily create the senate. We can deal with the majority leader and other specifics later.

Yes the override would be the same at 67%. The difference is that the senate consist of members based on party size which makes the use of parties more important. That's where the senate is special compared to the congress. The senate should not need to have a lower veto override level.

Is it possible to make an amendment to the current bill removing the senate majority leader and making the veto override level 67%?

I don't agree with section 2 though, I don't think the veto override should be 50%. Anywhere 60-67% is needed. But that's a small detail that can be ammended later. I urge people to vote yes to begin a new era in VC!

I think my amendment moved the veto up to 67%.

1. A senate will be established. The senate will consist of 20 congressmen who will run for office during the midterms (halfway through the presidents term) and will run for 4 months. The initial 20 will initially be selected via rate of Party Membership after an official census is conducted in the VC and congressmen interested will take part in an election within their party, otherwise the Party Leaders or collective party may select senators. Party membership must be declared in the senate, Independents must declare allegiance to Independent coalition, not group all independents together.
The choice on whether to determine the initial and continuing 20 senators is subject to change after we see the census and state membership. In the case that there is a sizable amount of congressmen from select states/regions they may run in an election to determine the initial 20. If its all over the map we will just go by party

2. After a bill passes congress, senators will get the bill before it hits the presidents desk. The senate must pass the bill via majority for it to keep going, if a senate majority leader is chosen they may act as the tie breaker. If the president veto's a bill the senate may vote on the veto and eliminate the additional 17% required in a house bill, making the house only have to get 50% to override the presidents veto.

3. The senate will vote on a once a week basis on the bills and if multiple bills can be posted. The senators names, party, and state will be posted on the VC website. If the Senate Majority leader gets passed they will make weekly addresses to the senators. Only senators can vote and if there is suspicions their vote will have to be confirmed by the speaker. The senate votes are required to be conducted on SurveyMonkey. The Senate will operate through the regular VC account. It can not be enforced whether or not senators vote in the house so it is acknowledged the

they will likely end up voting twice.

-weekly addresses to the senate and congress. The senate will vote on SurveyMonkey only and if there is suspected fraud the speaker will be responsible for confirming their vote and checking the IP. The Senate will operate only the VC account similarly to how the Supreme Court works. Weekly the Bills which passed will be posted on Survey Monkey for the senate

The part that got cut off said it can go by regions and if the census determines significantly lower we can have 8-20 senators total instead of 20