Congress Passes First Hurdle To Establishing First 10 Of 20 New States

RUFUS - Congress late last night officially voted to establish at least 10 of the 20 new proposed states, a year and some months after President John McCallum proposed adding 20 new states to the union. Now that Congress has voted to pass the motion, it will enter the second of four phases. Each member of Congress now will need to get both sides to vote for a candidate to serve in the capacities of the 10 New States' Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and a majority and minority Government. This will take at least a year or two to complete, meaning that 2024's winner for the presidency could lead Jesstopia with 23 states instead of 13.

The vote now moves the process forward. House Speaker was heard exclaiming:

"We're happy, let's get this done." - Speaker LeWolf after both chambers convened and the vote results were read out.

Congress will break for recess in 11 days, and will reconvene on January 1, 2024, where President McCallum will deliver his State Of The Union Address, and will outline his final year in office and what he will get accomplished in that time. On January 2, 2024, Congress will hold its beginning of term meetings and both chambers will open their chambers non-ceremoniously and without much pomp.

It can be expected that within at least 4 months of the reconvening of Congress, discussions will be held to decide who will become the 10 new states's very first leaders in varying capacities. This may be move forward as Congress and both chambers agree on a meeting time frame and when both chambers can adequately meet.