National Assembly of New Englia

The National Assembly of New Englia is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of New Englia. The National Assembly meets in Parliament Hall in New Indrala. The National Assembly has a total of 300 seats with each province divided into congressional districts based upon population. Representatives are elected based upon the district they serve in.

=Membership=

Qualifications
The 15th Amendment of the Constitution sets qualifications for senators. A senator must be at least 30 years old. Members must be a citizen of New Englia for at least 10 years and must be a legal citizen. Congress has passed additional requirements such as members must be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the province they represent.

Election and Terms
As per the Constitution, Senators are directly elected by the people and serve a term lasting no longer than three years and are not subject to any term limits.

Term
A term of Congress is divided into three sessions, one for each year; A new session begins on March 23 and runs until December 23 of each year. Congress may also be called for an extra or special session at any time. Congress also engages in Joint sessions which requires a majority vote from both houses before it can be enacted. Joint sessions are always called when the Governor-General gives the annual State of the Republic Address and is presided over by the Speaker of the Assembly. Senators serve three years and are not limited to any term limits.

Privileges
Members of enjoy the privilege of being free from arrest in all cases, except for treason, felony, and breach of the peace. This immunity applies to members during sessions and when traveling to and from sessions. They're also guaranteed absolute freedom of debate in both houses and may not be sued for slander because of remarks made in either house. However, each house has its own rules restricting offensive speeches, and may punish members who transgress them.

Salary
As of 3018, rank and file members of the senate receives a yearly salary of 83,500 FRX. Senate leaders are paid 109,500 FRX per year while the Speaker of the Senate is paid 105,500 FRX. The senate along with the National Assembly is barred from increasing there pay without unanimous consent from both houses by way of a vote.

=Majority and Minority Parties=

=Officers=

Party Leaders
=Committees= In the Senate, there are a total of 10 standing committees with 5 senators to each committee. Three joint committees (conference, taxation and economic) which operate with members from both houses on matters of mutual jurisdiction and oversight. The majority party holds the chairmanship of every standing committee in the Senate and every senator is assigned to one committee.

List of committees

 * Appropriations


 * Armed Services


 * Commerce


 * Energy


 * Environment


 * Foreign Affairs


 * Immigration


 * Judiciary


 * Rules


 * Small Business

=Procedure=

Voting
=Legislative Process= Only a member of the Senate can introduce the bill for consideration. All bills and resolutions are "referred" to one or more Senate committees according their specific rules. The committee considers the bill in detail and, if the committee approves the bill, it moves on in the legislative process. Committees reject bills by either failing to act on them or voting not to recommend the bill to the full house for debate. If a bill is recommended, it is then brought up to the floor of the full house for debate. Once debate has ended and any amendments to the bill have been approved, the full membership will vote for or against the bill; if passed it is sent to the other chamber for consideration where they will follow pretty much the same track of committee to debate to vote.

=Current Composition=

Current Party Standings
The party composition of the Senate as of April 8, 3047:

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 * style="text-align:center"|New-Dawn Party
 * style="text-align:center"|28
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 * style="text-align:center"|Colonial Party
 * style="text-align:center"|10
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 * style="text-align:center"|Progressive Party
 * style="text-align:center"|8
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 * style="text-align:center"|Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:center"|4
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 * style="text-align:center"|Total
 * style="text-align:center"|50
 * }
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 * style="text-align:center"|Total
 * style="text-align:center"|50
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=Links= Congress of New Englia

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