Tyler Swanson

Passes the House via UC

Tea Party GOP: AYE

Establishment GOP: AYE

Moderate GOP: AYE

Blue Dog DNC: AYE

Establishment DNC: AYE

Progressive DNC: NAY

326-109

The bill passes

Tea Party - NAY - 144 votes

Establishment GOP - NAY - 84 votes

Moderate GOP - AYE - 5 votes

Blue Dog DNC - AYE - 26 votes

Establishment DNC - AYE - 67 votes

Progressive DNC - AYE - 109 votes

207-228

The bill fails

The House Passes this Resolution via Unanimous Consent

The following bill has passed by unanimous consent

The following bill has passed by unanimous consent

The following legislation is passed by voice vote after brief debate

Tea Party/Conservative GOP: (144 in total) AYE

Mainstream GOP: (84 in total) AYE

Liberal GOP: (5 in total) AYE

Blue Dog DNC: (26 in total) AYE

Mainstream DNC: (67 in total) AYE

Liberal DNC: (109 in total) NAY

AYES: 326-109

The bill shall be sent to the President for his signature or veto

The First Docket of the House Policy Committee Shall be as follows:

1. HR 18. Recognize and Organize Act of 2001

2. HR 6: Livestock Reinvestment Extension Act of 2001

3. HR 20: Affordable HIV/AIDS Medicines for Poor Countries Act

As a courtesy to the minority, I shall wait for their ranking member to sign in before beginning deliberations on the first committee docket.

Chairperson of the House Policy Committee

Swanson "Excited" to work with President Grayson

Congressman Swanson is excited to work with President Grayson on his agenda. Swanson admires the President's commitment to bolster the middle and working class, and will work to the best of his ability to ensure the success of his agenda in Congress.

"President Grayson campaigned with a vision in mind: a vision to invest in the people of this country for both the present and the future. I look forward to pushing the Grayson agenda for the benefit of my constituents, and Americans abroad"

Congressman Tyler Swanson:

"President Grayson came out and laid forth his image for the country. An image that puts the working and middle class of this country at the top of his priority list. Seeing the comments by members of the Republican Party is disheartening. The American people have spoken, and they choose Tyler Grayson to be our President. The least they can do for their constituents sake is give him a chance to lead"

Swanson Introduces National Infrastructure Bank Act

Congressman Tyler Swanson (D-FL-11) has introduced the National Infrastructure Bank Act, to invest billions into the nation's aging infrastructure and put Americans back to work. The bill would give local and state governments the ability to apply for funding to embark on projects to build and repair roads and bridges across the United States.

"This bill fulfills a key campaign promise Democrats made this election: to put Americans back to work by investing in this county's infrastructure. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the House and Senate to pass this bill"

Congressman Swanson is committed to supporting the people of his district and Americans across the country.

Name: Tyler Swanson

Party: Democratic

Interviewing agency: (what newspaper/radio or tv station): 970 WFLA Tampa

"It seems the Republicans have suffered from amnesia after these elections, because they speak of failed leadership when they have controlled both Houses of Congress since 1994. That is 6 years of Republican leadership that has given us nothing but gridlock and broken promises. The American people showed they want a change in direction this last election, and I am committed to working with my colleagues in the House on passing real, substantive policy."

Tyler Swanson (D-FL-11)
Chair of the House Domestic Committee

Name: Tyler Swanson

State: Michigan

Majority/Minority: Majority

Chair/RM: Chair

To the Administrative Board,

I officially tender my letter of resignation from the Administrative Board of VGS

-Tyler Swanson

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Anything below this line is my own thoughts, and are not endorsed by any individual member of the AB or the AB at large.

I'd first like to give my thanks to Vandy, Brink, Lloth, Ironsides, Bella, and more recently Luke for the level of support they gave me as Elections Administrator. Barring my 3 day tenure as the Chief Admin of Zetaboards VP, I had never actually been on the AB of Virtual America/VGS, and I was grateful to be given the opportunity by Ben, and then later Vandy. They had given me the opportunity to run and reform the elections system to the degree and manner I wanted, and for that I am also grateful.

Overall, I am also grateful to the playerbase for an enjoyable experience. There have been heated moments and times where some players and myself have been angry, but overall I am grateful to have a playerbase that has been as understanding as you all have been. I've made mistakes, I have no issue admitting that, and if I ever do return to the AB I will have some lessons to bring with me. I'd like to congratulate our players who participated in the elections this cycle for a hard-fought campaign, and while you might not agree with my decisions I hope you can at least see that I tried my best to make all my decisions fairly.

I would like to add-on to the statement made by Lloth about the recent perceptions of toxicity in the environment. I am not here to point the finger at individual players, or even accuse the playerbase as a whole of being toxic, because I genuinely don't think that. Some might call me too optimistic, but I try to think of the people behind the screen. The college student, the working man/woman, whatever it is you do in your real lives. I truly think we're all good people, and each of us has our own individual pros and cons. But we need to remember that when talking to each other, and especially when we are frustrated at the decisions we make: we're people. Imperfect people who are doing this because we care about this community and want it to continue.

The fact of the matter is this community can not continue to survive if we keep driving people away from the AB, and that predominately happens because we have people who approach the AB as a punching bag. That they can say anything and think it's fine because it's our job. But that's not the case. People on the AB can leave whenever they like, and we have to remember that. They do this voluntarily, and while we accept the possibility of complaints by taking the job, we do not accept the right to be spoken too in a disrespectful manner. I know some people assume the complaints are what we take issue with, but in reality it is often the manner in which these complaints are aired. I only ask in the future people consider the language in which they use.

Thank you very much for making my time on the AB enjoyable, and I hope in the near future to return to the game in some capacity. But we all need a break sometimes, and my time for a break has come.

For those wishing to get live updates on Election Day, we will be hosting it on a telegram chat found here: https://t.me/joinchat/GWiSXAqhHWN1IKhm_xsiFg

As usual, the transcript/condensed results will be posted afterwards for those who can't make it

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I've had a few people come to me with extensions, and to avoid the hoopla of yesterday I'm announcing this:

Everyone gets an extension until 5:00pmET tommorow, 12/19. This is the absolute latest you may turn it in. We need time to grade and get everything together before election day, so there will be no extensions beyond this

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