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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.
 
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.
  
Laws a [[congress member]] can propose:
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Laws [[congress members]] can propose:
  
 
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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 Laws. These elected candidates are called congress members.

The congress is also called :

In Icon-Australia.png Australia, they call their congress The Senate.

In Icon-Ireland.png Ireland, it's known as The Dail.

In Icon-Israel.png Israel, it is referred to as The Knesset.

In Icon-Japan.png Japan, it is known as the Imperial Diet.

In the Icon-Netherlands.png Netherlands it's generally (in Dutch) referred to as Parlement or Second Chamber.

In Icon-Portugal.png Portugal, it is known as the Assembelia da República (Assembly of the Republic).

In the Icon-United Kingdom.png United Kingdom, they call their congress House of Commons.

In Icon-Estonia.png Estonia, they call congress Riigikogu.

In Icon-Turkey.png Turkey, they call congress Meclis.

In Icon-Romania.png Romania, they call congress The Parliament.

Congress member

A congress member is an elected citizen who votes or proposes laws for his country.

How many congress members in a congress

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.

Congress Powers

The congress is the second most important political body after the president A congress has the power to pass laws which the country president and the congress members 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.

Laws congress members can propose:

Icon taxes.gif Change taxes
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.
Icon donation.gif Country donations
Transfer money or 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.
Icon wage.gif Minimum wage
Change the minimum employee salary given by companies. Can not be lower than 0.10 units of local currency.
Icon issue.gif Issue money
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.
Icon impeachment.png President Impeachment
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.
Icon naturalenemy.gif Natural enemy
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.

When is the congress not present in a country

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.

See also