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Bringing back a game that I've seen played a few years ago...
Welcome to Model Senate, where we write and pass bills that we’d like to see the US Senate approve. The rules seem long and complicated, but they’re really just common procedures and logic. Also, make sure you're mentioning the right post when debating/amending/voting or it gets messy.
Rules of procedure:
1. Senators must have their name in the trip along with a tripcode (# and then password)
2. Senators may outline and propose bills
3. Once the president (OP) recognizes the bill, it may be debated, amended, voted upon, and discarded (in that order of precedence)
4. Senators may initiate debate by replying to the proposer with their points of disagreement
5. Senators may move to amend a bill by specifically outlining their amendments
6. Debate over an amendment may be initiated in the same manner as debating the original bill
7. Multiple amendments may be proposed and debated on in the order of their proposal
8. Once there are no more points of debate and no more amendments are proposed, any senator may move to vote on any amendment or the original bill
9. The motion to vote is voted upon and if at least half of senators agree to vote, the president initiates voting on the bill
10. If the bill receives more than half of the votes, it is passed into law
11. If the bill receives fewer than half of the votes, it is discarded and the next bill is taken into consideration
12. If the motion to vote is agreed to by less than half of senators, debate and amendment continues
13. If no point of debate or amendment is proposed, any senator may move to discard the bill
14. If the motion to discard the bill receives more than half the votes, the bill is discarded and the next bill is taken into consideration
15. If the motion to discard the bill receives less than half the votes, debate and amendment continues
