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Worker Protection And Robot Levy Act of 2020

Proposed by Popular Action Of Society · fronted by Martin Chapman
Failing
passing in 0 of 2 chambers
Opened
11 Feb 2020
Voting closes
11 Apr 2020
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
1 change

Rationale

Automation displaces workers without compensating social harm; a robot levy funds retraining and protects livelihoods for shared prosperity.

Proposed Changes

1

Automation & the Workforce
Previous law
Market-led automation
Ban automation that displaces workers; robot levy

Timeline

  • Draft
    11 February 2020


  • Vote Open
    11 February 2020


  • Vote Closed
    11 April 2020


  • Did Not Become Law
    11 April 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Failed
27Yes 208No 200Not voted 435 seats

For: 27 / 435 seats (6.2%)

Against: 208 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 200

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 11.5%)
Party Seats Vote
Liberal Front 88 No
Pax Americana 107 No
Popular Action Of Society Proposer 27 Yes
Popular People's Front 0 Yes
The Center 13 No

Senate

Failed
9Yes 48No 43Not voted 100 seats

For: 9 / 100 seats (9.0%)

Against: 48 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 43

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 15.8%)
Party Seats Vote
Liberal Front 21 No
Pax Americana 27 No
Popular Action Of Society Proposer 9 Yes
Popular People's Front 0 Yes
The Center 0 No
Empty seats 6 Not voted

Presidency

Passed
0Yes 0No 1Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 1

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Popular People's Front
Voted Feb. 12, 2020
Yes

“this is literally my flagship proposal. people prefer the original. MANY SUCH CASES!”

Pax Americana
Voted Feb. 11, 2020
No

“this is 21st century luddite policy”

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