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Date: 03 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to End the Use of Corn-Ethanol Subsidies
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Date: 03 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: Resolution to End US Support of Pakistani Political Parties
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Line01: WHEREAS, the need for a stable Pakistan is a vital security
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Date: 09 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: U.S.-Pakistan Relations
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Date: 10 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Increase Funding to NASA
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Date: 10 Mar 2011
Time: 08:14:56

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Leg_Title: Virginia Coastal Oil Exploration Resolution
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Date: 10 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: A Bill to Repeal Bush's Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
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Leg_Title: The Evacuation of Libyan Citizens
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Line01: Whereas: the citizens of Libya are oppressed by the dictator
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Date: 10 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: The Necessity of Gym Classes in Virginia Schools
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Line01: Whereas: obesity in children has tripled in the past thirty
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School: E.C. Glass HS
Date: 10 Mar 2011
Time: 10:29:07

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Leg_Title: A Bill to Remove Income Tax Cuts on Wealthy Taxpayers
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Nullify the Tax Relief Act
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Leg_Title: A Bill to Reduce the Income Inequality in Virginia
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Leg_Title: A Resolution Against Virginia Coast Oil Exploration
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Enact a Carbon Tax to Reduce Carbon Emission
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Leg_Title: Resolution to Establish Guidelines For Non-Economic Damages
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Leg_Title: Resolution to Tax Carbon Emissions
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Time: 10:31:37

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Leg_Title: Kenya Elections
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School: Turner Ashby High School
Date: 11 Mar 2011
Time: 10:35:31

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Leg_Title: A Resolution in Support of African Election Independence
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Leg_Title: Defending Gym Classes in Public Education
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School: E.C. Glass
Date: 11 Mar 2011
Time: 11:53:45

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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Increase the Budget for Space Exploration
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School: E.C. Glass
Date: 11 Mar 2011
Time: 13:20:10

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Leg_Title: Mandatory gym class for Virginia Public Schools
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Line01: Whereas according to the CDC, obese youth are more
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School: E.C. Glass
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Leg_Title: New Relations with Countries that Infringe upon Human Rights
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Date: 11 Mar 2011
Time: 13:27:23

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Leg_Title: A Bill to Increase Federal Spending on Education
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Date: 11 Mar 2011
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Privatize America's Space Program
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Line01: Whereas, the U.S. government has a National Debt approaching
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Line09: Whereas, a free market system is far more efficient at
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School: Turner Ashby High School
Date: 11 Mar 2011
Time: 14:39:26

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Leg_Title: Resolution Ending Corn Ethanol Subsidies
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Line01: Whereas, Corn ethanol plants require millions of dollars
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School: Turner Ashby High School
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Leg_Title: Resolution to improve U.S. Security Gathering in Pakistan
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Leg_Title: Mandated Gym Classes in Public Schools
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Leg_Title: A Bill To Reduce Carbon Emission
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Leg_Title: Bill To Reform Medical Liability
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Leg_Title: A resolution on providing funding for deep space exploratio
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Cure the Ills of the American Economy
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Leg_Title: A Resolution to Further Corn Ethanol In America
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Leg_Title: Eliminating the Income Tax in Favor of a Fair Tax
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Leg_Title: Abolishing Corn-Ethonol Subsidies
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Line01: Whereas: Corn is a poor crop choice for use in ethanol; and
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Line06: Whereas: Subsideis are a waste of government funding that
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Lauren A. Tabor
School: Fort Defiance High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 13:24:38

Docket: Docket A
Legislation: Resolution #
Area: V
Number: 1
Leg_Title: A resolution to end offshore drilling
Line00: Be it resolved
Line01: WHEREAS, new oil rigs could lead to pollution and
Line02: would be a step in the wrong direction, in that
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Line08: WHEREAS, alternate energy sources are much cleaner and
Line09: leads to many pollutions in areas and also lead to the
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Line13: WHEREAS, the presence of people often ruins entire
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Line15: By limiting the amount of oil drills and platforms
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Line18: BE IT RESOLVED, by this student congress here assembled
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Jill Ferguson
School: Staunton River High
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 18:43:03

Docket: Super Session
Legislation: Bill #
Area: V
Number: 1
Leg_Title: A bill to mandate ethanol usage
Line00: Be it enacted
Line01: By this student congress here assembled that
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Line05: SECTION 1
Line06: The increase in the demand for gasoline and other
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Line11: SECTION 2
Line12: The new regulations on the gasoline would
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Line19: This bill will be regulated by the National transportation
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Jill Ferguson
School: Staunton River High
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 19:00:52

Docket: Docket A
Legislation: Resolution #
Area: V
Number: 1
Leg_Title: A Resolution to End Mandated Gym Classes in Virginia
Line00: Be it resolved
Line01: WHEREAS, Gym classes in Virginia do not require the students
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Line05: WHEREAS, When the children are participating in their gym
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Line07: activities more often than they are getting any aerobic
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Line10: WHEREAS, The children that have after school activities,
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Line18: RESOLVED, By the Student Congress here assembled that: Gym
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Sylvia Tickle
School: Staunton River High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 19:52:07

Docket: Super Session
Legislation: Resolution #
Area: V
Number: 2
Leg_Title: A Resolution Against Restorative Justice
Line00: Be it resolved
Line01: WHEREAS, Restorative Justice is not an acceptable method
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Line04: WHEREAS, When someone commits a crime their penance should
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Line07: WHEREAS, If the offender entered the home of his or her
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Line12: RESOLVE, By the Student Congress here assembled: Restorative
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Sylvia Tickle
School: Staunton River High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 21:02:53

Docket: Super Session
Legislation: Resolution #
Area: I
Number: Yes
Leg_Title: A Resolution to Maintain Nafta
Line00: Be it resolved
Line01: Whereas, US Homeland security is vital to the American
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Line05: Whereas, we are in a time of need of great national security
Line06: as we fight the war on terror, and having cooperation with
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Line09: RESOLVED, By the Student Congress here assembled that the
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Rox
School: Jefferson Forest High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:16:00

Docket: Docket A
Legislation: Resolution #
Area: D
Number: 1
Leg_Title: Bill Implementing a Carbon Tax
Line00: Be it enacted
Line01: Section 1: The carbon tax shall be implemented at the point
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Line05: Section 2: The tax shall be $500.00 for each addition ton
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Line08: Section 3: The tax shall begin at $100.00 and increase by
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Mason Collins
School: Staunton River High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:35:50

Docket: Docket A
Legislation: Bill #
Area: E
Number: 1
Leg_Title: A Bill to Stimulate Economy by Cutting Taxes on Capital Gain
Line00: Be it enacted
Line01: BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
Line02: SECTION 1: That the current Capital Gains Tax, under the
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Line05: SECTION 2: The Capital Gains Tax is tax emplaced upon
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Line08: SECTION 3: The IRS, or Internal Revenue Service, shall
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Line10: SECTION 4: Under the Circumstance the said bill
Line11: shall be passed, the new Capital Gains Taxes rates
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Line14: SECTION 5: The proposed bill shall take place of the
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Nicholas DeSilvey
School: Staunton River High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:39:41

Docket: Super Session
Legislation: Resolution #
Area: D
Number: 2
Leg_Title: Resolution Taking a Stand Against Medical Liability Reform
Line00: Be it resolved
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Line02: Whereas, any attempt to reform medical liability is a
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Line06: Resolved, no attempt will be made by this body to reform
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Mason Collins
School: Staunton River High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:41:17

Docket: Docket A
Legislation: Bill #
Area: I
Number: 001
Leg_Title: A bill to improve US and Pakistani relations
Line00: Be it enacted
Line01: By this student congress here assembled that
Line02: the United States will provide troops
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Line04: but only as requested by the government
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Line06: Section 1
Line07: The government will be providing military aid
Line08: that is unrestricted and will be to prevent
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Line12: Section 2
Line13: The oil in the areas of Pakistan is necessary to
Line14: the future wellbeing of the united states, therefore
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Line18: Section 3
Line19: The people of Pakistan are directly in harms way
Line20: if the people of the United States do not intervene
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Line22: Section 4
Line23: This bill will have the department of defense overseeing the
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Line28: All laws and amendments in contrast of this bill
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Dagan Willis
School: S
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:49:27

Docket: Docket A
Legislation: Bill #
Area: I
Number: 001
Leg_Title: A bill to improve US and Pakistani relations
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Line12: Section 2
Line13: The oil in the areas of Pakistan is necessary to
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Line18: Section 3
Line19: The people of Pakistan are directly in harms way
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Line22: Section 4
Line23: This bill will have the department of defense overseeing the
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Submitted_By: Dagan Willis
School: Staunton River High
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:49:36

Docket: Super Session
Legislation: Bill #
Area: E
Number: 1
Leg_Title: Bill to Nullify the corn ethanol Subsidy
Line00: Be it enacted
Line01: BY THE STUDENT CONGRESS HERE :
Line02: SECTION 1: The corn ethanol subsidies be lowered.
Line03: The Subsidies will be lowered from the rate,
Line04: which is about $7 billion, down to $1 billion. This be
Line05: enacted untill technologies for producing corn ethanol
Line06: are greatly improved.
Line07: SECTION 2: A subsidy is a grant or gift of money from a
Line08: government to a private company, organization, or charity to
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Line12: SECTION 3: The DOE, or Department of Energy shall be placed
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Line14: SECTION 4: The said proposal is to be initiated with
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Line16: SECTION 5: There are no laws in place to be null and void
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SubmitTitle: Representative
Submitted_By: Nicholas DeSilvey
School: Staunton River High School
Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 22:59:00