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A
BILL
To
Allow for more political engagement and transparency
The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Congress Support Act"
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act is co-sponsored by Speaker Mhadsher
2 - Reasons
(1) Congressional and overall government Transparency is of the utmost importance to democracy. This bill will give citizens a way of getting answers to questions and the media to get the information they need to make their articles.
(2) It encourages representatives, to join and be active in the committees that way they coordinate with other interested members on oversight.
3 - Congressional-questions channel
(1) A new Channel Shall be created in the DemocracyCraft Discord called something along the lines of #Congressional-Questions (at the discretion of the owners) which shall be open for viewing by the public. In which any Committee member may ask a question to a member of the executive relevant to the committee they are a part of. (e.g. A Budget Committee member may ask the secretary of state why their budget increased by 40k this month).
(2). Such a question must be formal, detailed and relevant to the committee they are asking from and include a ping to the person. The person being asked is expected to answer within a reasonable time frame. Repeatedly avoiding questions may be seen as grounds for being held in contempt of congress. However, if someone is absent due to personal circumstances, either the president or the direct subordinate of the person being asked(deputy-secretary, vice-president, Solicitor General) may do so instead and answer to the best of their ability.
4 - Congress Tickets
(1) Under the Channel #Government-Support a ticket-tool-panel will be created including the speaker, the deputy speaker and its staff. The Speaker may add anyone to the ticket they considered relevant. This ticket will be strictly used for transparency only, such as providing vote counts to the press, request on when a certain document will be updated, updates on committee investigations, e.t.c.
