13th Federalist Republic Congress

The 13th Federalist Republic Congress was the meeting of the Federalist Republic Congress, the national unicameral legislature (and 7th meeting since the Government Reorganization Amendment) for the session of July-August. Memberships of the congress were decided in the July 2021 Federalist general election. Under the Congressional Seat Distribution Modernization Act, there are only 10 seats for the 100 citizens the Republic had prior to the election. This is an increase from the previous session which had 9 seats.

Former Speaker KingMarine returned to the post after being dethroned by Patryph in the Speakership Election of the 12th Congress. Freshman congress member Tidsear, who tried to challenge KingMarine, was made deputy speaker for the term as per precedence.

The congress witnessed more activity than its predecessor meeting, with more events happening and passed bills. April did not intervene for this session, unlike the prior one.

Congress

 * KingMarine, as the Dean and Speaker of the Federalist Congress
 * Tidsear, as the Deputy Speaker of the Federalist Congress
 * Adrewster, as the Deputy Speaker of the Federalist Congress
 * Bark
 * Editech
 * Neo Politan
 * Abysmall, simultaneously holding the position of Secretary of Intelligence
 * AGuyOnDiscord, simultaneously holding the position of Secretary of Ingress
 * Squatking
 * JCapita

Senate
The senate is currently dissolved under the Government Reorganization Amendment. Vice Chancellor April is the only technical member of it presently as its chancellor.

Major Events

 * 7/16/2021: Deputy Speaker KingMarine defeats freshman Tidsear in the Speakership Election of the 13th Congress
 * 7/17/2021: Supreme Chancellor Federalist is re-elected by the Congress against challenger Hey9991
 * 7/18/2021: Tidsear is confirmed as one of the two Deputy Speakers for the term
 * 7/19/2021: Adrewster is confirmed as the other Deputy Speaker for the term
 * 7/23/2021: Secretary of State Dino answers questions from a panel of 3 representatives
 * 7/26/2021: Congress ratifies an emergency session at the request of Supreme Chancellor Federalist
 * 7/27/2021: Congress ratifies the Federalist-Hawk Treaty of Friendship after a failed attempt in the 12th Congress
 * 7/29/2021: The 9th State of the Republic is delivered, focusing on the passage of the Continuous Chancellery Act and the treaty with the Kingdom of Hawk
 * 8/08/2021: Congress unanimously confirms Goose as the next Secretary of Defense
 * 8/11/2021: Congress ratifies the Federalist-Pakistani Treaty of Mutual Defense
 * 8/14/2021: Congress passes the popular 8/26 Act

Continuous Chancellery Act
In January, the 7th Congress passed the Continuous Cabinet Act. However, a noticeable error regarding 'cabinet' was spotted. The Federalist Republic uses the term 'chancellery' in its absence. Speaker KingMarine passed a new law replacing the Continuous Cabinet Act fixing the error and permitting congress to hold hearings for chancellery officials of the new chancellery if necessary within a 3-day window.

Nickname Act
After frustration over the staff team using its manage nickname permissions to jokingly edit congress members' nicknames, specifically speaker KingMarine, representative Bark proposed an act to ban editing nicknames without the user's consent unless it broke Discord's Terms of Service.

8/26
On August 26th, 2019, former Grand Army Commander Segvloger defaced the Grand Army of the Federalist Republic server, destroying its original 2018-2019 channel, along with the kicking of all of its troopers, officers, and bots. It was a massive morale blow to Lin Biao's administration, although the administration was able to properly response to it. After the defacement, the Grand Army never recovered until the return of Federalist to the supreme chancellery.

Federalist proposed that a federal holiday be established by the Congress to commemorate the 8/26 date in remembrance of all fallen troops. The act passed unanimously to high support from the public.

Retirements

 * Speaker of the Federalist Congress Patryph retired from Congress, citing his plan to 'just be doing my civil duties in the Grand Army'.