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US Government (Friday, March 31, 4th period)

"Hope you've all brought your bills with you for class discussion," Josh said when the Government class was seated.

"Pretend you are Senators from your home states. If you're not from this country, um, pretend that you're from Illinois. Because things need to play well in Peoria, right?" He laughed.

Yes, he's an enormous dork. Moving on.

"Ask question of the bill's sponsor--decide if this is something that your voters would support. Heck, you're the elected representative of them--decide if it's something you support."

He grinned. "And in keeping with the rules of the Senate, no name calling or hair-pulling. Long and boring speeches are encouraged."

He sat down and pointed at random to a student. "Let's get started. Wow me."

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Sell it to the class--why does your idea need to be a law?

Rest of the class--do you agree?

In case there is any...

Catch him before the Student Council meeting.

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Isabel signed in

Sam signed in.

Sam looked around the room. "I guess I'll go. Um, I've written a bill proposing that fraternization between officers and enlisted personnel in the armed forces is no longer cause for a court martial on charges of behavior unbecoming an officer. Furthermore, there's an addendum (that I assume will get struck down by someone on the armed services committee) that removes sexual acts between consenting adults from the same court martial list."

John signed in.

Isabel presented a bill that would standardize food labels. Unlike the current bill (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/8/235446/7995) now being considered by the Senate, ~~because the House of Reps okayed it, the bastards!~~ which would strip labels of almost all warnings. This bill would use the current, strict warnings required by the state of California as the nationwide standard.

[ooc: For what it's worth, the legislation HR 4167 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:4:./temp/~c109zLoyBJ::), is absolutely bogus and a threat to anyone with a food allergy. It's been passed by the House and is now under consideration by the Senate. I'd urge everyone to call their Senator and urge them to vote NO on it, if/when it comes out of committee.]

John goes after Sam.

"I'm proposing a bill that would change the current inch pound system of measurement over unto the metric system. Why? Because every other place in the world uses the metric system except the US. Now, I know we like to be different but all of us remember how difficult it was to learn conversions in math. If we were to go onto the same system as the rest of the world, there would be no need to study both systems. Yes, this would cause money due to the possible changes needed to signs, books, and the like but, in the end? It would be easier and it would be universal."

Peter signed in.

"I'm proposing a bill that would guarantee the rights of individuals with accidental illegal genetic modifications. As a clarification, I'm talking about people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Basic rights like, for example, not having military service be compulsory, should be maintained. But screw the people who do bad things to themselves and then try to do bad things to other people. They're criminals, they're not included."

In retrospect, Peter probably could have phrased that a little more formally.

Kawalsky signed in.

Elizabeth signed in.

Alphonse signed in.

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US Government (Friday, March 31, 4th period)

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Non bill-related stuff

After class

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