KnightTemplar
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Is the President using the war to push through controversial legislation? That's not really a good look for him.
Is the President using the war to push through controversial legislation? That's not really a good look for him.
Incomplete sentence here.They fell in mid-air, smashing into the tarmac of the enemy airfield. Then he heard artillery fire from behind his lines, followed shortly by explosions amongst the rear – where the laser AA is. They’re sacrificing their own men to get the co-ordinates. Guess
Huh. So the Senate is still divided even between states? Instead of just doing an equal number of senators for each commonwealth? Probably something the American Liberty Party is more concerned with.The full 128 Senators were in attendance on this, what would be the very last legislative meeting of 2331, to discuss the Military Appropriations Act 2332. Military funding had been at 10% of GDP in 2330, 15% the past year, and would be set to 20% for 2332. But such economic issues weren’t the reason he was here. A number of new amendments to the bill had been made just yesterday, one of which would for certain be controversial.
The engineers should have at least a rudimentary crossing – multiple ones, he had ordered – by next week at the latest. With supply-lines re-established, he would then be able to keep on fighting in Wisconsin and Illinois. This would be a setback if he lost, for sure, but not an end to the campaign.
Huh. So the Senate is still divided even between states?
Yeah, but Commonwealths also exist. I thought that Commonwealths essentially just replaced the States more or less, and that states became more like county level governments in comparison. So essentially instead of Federal -> State -> County, it would go Federal -> Commonwealth -> State -> County.States still exist, you know?
Yeah, but Commonwealths also exist. I thought that Commonwealths essentially just replaced the States more or less, and that states became more like county level governments in comparison. So essentially instead of Federal -> State -> County, it would go Federal -> Commonwealth - > State -> County.
I figure there would be complaints from people about Commonwealth rights in the same way of State rights, essentially making sure smaller commonwealths are able not be snuffed over by bigger commonwealths. For instance the Southwest commonwealth in Fallout Lore originally just had Southern California and Nevada, meaning they would get four senators if they get them per state, meanwhile the New England Commonwealth would get 12 Senators under this system.
Ah, right, I sometimes forget Hawaii and Alaska are in Commonwealths while looking at the map, since they are not directly connected by land to the Commonwealths they are in.Yes, but we know that States still possessed a reasonable amount of power. FO76 gives us a "Senator for the Appalachia Territory", which doesn't help, because its plain nonsense by both FOverse and RL standards.
The SW commonwealth would have "had" six Senators, not four, because it also includes Hawaii. But you're also not recognising that States may have interests which don't strictly align with those of the Commonwealth they're part of. In that framing, the compromise I presented of having the House divided among the Commonwealths and the Senate among the States makes a great deal of sense.
Like that the NCR are getting some blows in. They didn’t win, but it was hardly a crushing defeat.
No: you were trying to avoid that impression. Though, that was influenced by my memories of Autumn Morning, where Enclave/US victories felt much cheaper.You thought this was going to be a curbstomp?
No: you were trying to avoid that impression. Though, that was influenced by my memories of Autumn Morning, where Enclave/US victories felt much cheaper.
Also, maybe I'm missing something, but even with the Vice President wanting NCR personnel to get away as part of a demoralization campaign, it feels like NCR casualties were kind of light after weeks of combat that included them trying to brute force the prepared defenses of an important US base.