FairBol

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I see this hasn't been updated in a while....can I move to Desk 6, please? Need to be towards the action a bit more.  Thanks.  

PS: It appears that Desk 6 is the desk of Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) IRL....and it was once the desk of Senator Al D'Amato (R-NY).  Not bad!

OK, thanks. 

Proposed as S.96, the American Opportunity Act.    

Quickie question for ya.  For "morning business" like Floor speeches, does a Senator have to request recognition, or can he just speak? I would think the former, but I'm not sure what the protocol is.  

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All I ask is that when a priority bill is put on the floor is that you vote for it, both cloture and all. There shall be no room for dissenters.

I don't mean to make a big deal out of this, but I need to address the subject.  

How do I say this....both IG and OOC, I always put principle over party.  I understand that there will be times when I need to "toe the party line", so to speak.  I have no problem with doing so.  Nevertheless, I hope that you recognize that there will also be times when, due to personal beliefs, I'll have to dissent.  That's just the way it is.  

That said, I'm committed to kicking some Democrat booty.  Let's rock!

Did I ever actually submit this? There is a similarly named bill on the Floor now.  

Adding to this.  

On trade, I support free trade and free markets, with some protections for American jobs and companies.  I'd be down with drafting a bill encouraging people to "buy American" (but not penalizing them if they choose to do otherwise).  

Environment....make polluting companies pay to clean up their own mess, maybe?

On 7/11/2021 at 9:56 PM, Kelly said:

Tech Monopolies.  
I think Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc should be able to do whatever they want to do. Surely there are some west coast senators who could get on board with that. 

Gotta disagree with that.  They should be able to take actions to shut down hate speech...but IMHO, free speech should be protected, online and off. 

The question, then, becomes this; what is free speech? The right to free speech is not absolute.  What can you reasonably say, and what can't you? We'd be wise to work to define this.  

@TPatterson: Why are Democrats holding on to a health care program that doesn't work in the first place? We can do better.  #DoBetter

I'm not huge on PRs right now, but I've been putting out some tweets on legislative matters.  Hope that helps.  

Hot

@TPatterson: Not sure how Democrats' political games on S.74 are supposed to make America safer.  #playingaround

Tweets from Senator Thomas Patterson, R-GA.  

Nay.

Mr. President,

I object.  There is no reason why the state government of Virginia cannot do this by themselves.

I yield.  

Nay.

Mr. President,

I request unanimous consent to be added to the bill as a co-sponsor, and

Yield back.  

Mr. President,

I rise to a point of clarification, specifically on the Chandler Amendment to Section 204 of Title II.  Am I correct in assuming that the language in bold is the approved change/addition to the bill? (It wasn't immediately clear to me what was being changed)

I yield back.  

Bizarre

Just now, FairBol said:

 

When was the last time the Red Sox won the title again? LOL. 

Oh wait, your team's the Cards.  I assumed it was Boston.

Just now, Blake said:

 

And each year they look more and more like baseballs Canadiens. The time they were actually relevant consistently being nearly 20 years ago...

When was the last time the Red Sox won the title again? LOL. 

3 minutes ago, Blake said:

Says the guy who cheers for the Yankees....

Hey, 27 world championships....can't go wrong with that. 

23 hours ago, Blake said:

NFL: New England and Tampa Bay (because that's where Brady plays)

Overrated.  LOL.  

NFL: New York Giants, New York Jets (but screw the NFL)

NHL: New York Rangers

NBA: New York Knicks (when they're decent, LOL)

MLB: New York Mets, New York Yankees

MLS: Nah.  LOL

NCAAFB: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

NCAAMBB: Connecticut Huskies, Fairfield Stags

NCAAWBB: Connecticut Huskies

AHL (American Hockey League): Bridgeport Islanders

CFL: Winnipeg Blue Bombers