New Democratic Alliance Of Drumagh
Voted Dec. 21, 2022
Abstain
Welfare Reform Act of 2022
Proposed by Progressive Democratic Union
Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
8 Nov 2022
Voting closes
7 Jan 2023
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes
Rationale
This act seeks to reform welfare to help those who want to be helped , to stop giving handouts to those who don't and to save the taxpayer cash in the long term
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welfare Conditionality |
Unconditional benefits
|
Mandatory work-for-benefits
|
|
| 2 | Homelessness |
Guaranteed housing-first support
|
Shelters and support services
|
1
Welfare ConditionalityPrevious law
Unconditional benefits
Mandatory work-for-benefits
2
HomelessnessPrevious law
Guaranteed housing-first support
Shelters and support services
Timeline
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Draft8 November 2022
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Vote Open8 November 2022
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Vote Closed7 January 2023
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Became Law7 January 2023
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
First Council of Ministers
Passed
85Yes
0No
15Not voted
100 seats
For: 85 / 100 seats (85.0%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 15
50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralist Unity | 32 | Yes | We fully support putting an end to the regime of unconditional benefits, although we support the present policy on homelessness. We say YES to this bill despite this slight disagreement. |
| Libertarian Congress | 32 | Yes | No free handouts is something we can get behind |
| New Democratic Alliance Of Drumagh | 0 | Abstain | No reason given |
| New Morning Movement | 16 | Yes | We generally agree with this proposal, although we believe that all forms of social assistance and social support are unnecessary measures that should be permanently eliminated in order to truly free up the market! |
| Progressive Democratic Union Proposer | 5 | Yes | No reason given |
| The United Workers Front | 0 | Abstain | No reason given |
The People’s Assembly
Passed
169Yes
0No
31Not voted
200 seats
For: 169 / 200 seats (84.5%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 31
50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralist Unity | 65 | Yes | We fully support putting an end to the regime of unconditional benefits, although we support the present policy on homelessness. We say YES to this bill despite this slight disagreement. |
| Libertarian Congress | 63 | Yes | No free handouts is something we can get behind |
| New Democratic Alliance Of Drumagh | 0 | Abstain | No reason given |
| New Morning Movement | 32 | Yes | We generally agree with this proposal, although we believe that all forms of social assistance and social support are unnecessary measures that should be permanently eliminated in order to truly free up the market! |
| Progressive Democratic Union Proposer | 9 | Yes | No reason given |
| The United Workers Front | 0 | Abstain | No reason given |
First Citizen
Passed
1Yes
0No
0Not voted
1 seat
For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralist Unity | 1 | Yes | No reason given |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
The United Workers Front
Voted Dec. 9, 2022
Abstain
Centralist Unity
Voted Nov. 21, 2022
Yes
“We fully support putting an end to the regime of unconditional benefits, although we support the present policy on homelessness. We say YES to this bill despite this slight disagreement.”
New Morning Movement
Voted Nov. 15, 2022
Yes
“We generally agree with this proposal, although we believe that all forms of social assistance and social support are unnecessary measures that should be permanently eliminated in order to truly free up the market!”
Libertarian Congress
Voted Nov. 8, 2022
Yes
“No free handouts is something we can get behind”