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− | [[File:Icon - Congress.jpg]] '''Congress''' is the main legislative body of Erepublik nations It is the place where elected candidates for Congress decide about political, military and economical future of a country by proposing different [[:Category:Laws|Laws]]. These elected candidates are called [[congress member]]s. | + | [[File:Icon - Congress.jpg]] '''Congress''' is a place where elected candidates for Congress decide about political, military and economical future of a country by proposing different [[:Category:Laws|Laws]]. |
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| In {{CountryLink|Australia}}, they call their congress The Senate. | | In {{CountryLink|Australia}}, they call their congress The Senate. |
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| In {{CountryLink|Romania}}, they call congress ''The Parliament''. | | In {{CountryLink|Romania}}, they call congress ''The Parliament''. |
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− | A [[congress member]] is an elected citizen who votes or proposes laws for his country.
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− | ==How many congress members in a congress==
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− | How many members in a congress depends on how many regions the country has. To see how congress members for how many regions you should see [[division of congress members]].
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− | ==Congress Powers==
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− | The congress is the second most important political body after the [[president]]
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− | A congress has the power to pass laws which the country [[president]] and the [[congress member]]s may vote . The law will be left for 24 hours during which they may vote.If the law has a the majority of yes than the law will be approved if the majority vote no than the law will not be approved.
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− | Laws [[congress members]] can propose:
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− | |'''Change [[taxes]]'''<br>''Note'': Can not be lower than 1% and higher than 99% for [[Import Tax]] or 25% for [[VAT]] or 50% for [[Income Tax]]. [[Raw materials]] have no VAT.
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− | |'''[[Country donations]]'''<br>Transfer money or [[File:icon-gold.gif]] [[gold]] from the country's [[treasury]] to an [[organization]]. During the twenty-four hour voting period the proposed currency due for donation is "frozen" and rendered unusable.
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− | |'''[[Minimum wage]]'''<br>Change the minimum employee salary given by [[Company|companies]]. Can not be lower than 0.10 units of local [[currency]].
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− | |'''[[Issue money]]'''<br> Take [[gold]] from the treasury and replace it as money. Includes paying a transaction tax of which is deducted at a rate of 0.005 gold per 1 unit of money.
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− | |'''President [[Impeachment]]'''<br>Remove the [[President]] and replace him with whichever previous presidential candidate received the second-highest vote score. Requires 66% of [[Congress]] votes to be passed.
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− | |'''[[Natural enemy]]'''<br>Members of congress or president can propose neighboring country as their natural enemy. If agreed, a free war will be started with the natural enemy. The prosing country citizens will get +10% bonus while fighting against their natural enemy.
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− | ==When is the congress not present in a country==
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− | A congress may not be present in a country if a country has completely no region on the Erepublik map. This makes the congress the second most important political body after the [[president]]. This is because the [[president]] is present for a country no matter what.
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Revision as of 08:50, 30 November 2013
Congress is a place where elected candidates for Congress decide about political, military and economical future of a country by proposing different Laws.
In Australia, they call their congress The Senate.
In Ireland, it's known as The Dail.
In Israel, it is referred to as The Knesset.
In Japan, it is known as the Imperial Diet.
In the Netherlands it's generally (in Dutch) referred to as Parlement or Second Chamber.
In Portugal, it is known as the Assembelia da República (Assembly of the Republic).
In the United Kingdom, they call their congress House of Commons.
In Estonia, they call congress Riigikogu.
In Turkey, they call congress Meclis.
In Romania, they call congress The Parliament.
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