Congressional Libertarian Caucus

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Congressional Libertarian Caucus (CLC)
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Active National Organisation
Founded 2017 by
Motto
Located Washington, District of Columbia
Website Congressional Libertarian Caucus
Leadership Chair:Marcus Cavalier
Vice Chair:Paul Surrat
Issue Focus Libertarianism
Affiliation Libertarian Party
Colours Blue and Gold
Abbreviation CLC


Mission Statement:

"The Congressional Libertarian caucus is a group of members of Congress dedicated to promoting the economic and cultural growth of America through ensuring a free market economy with only necessary regulations to protect the safety and lives of people an a strong Constitution that guarantees everyone's human rights, including free expression, the right to bear arms, and all other rights, no matter what. Join us to help keep America moving forward."

Contents

Charter of the CLC

Section 1- Purpose

The purpose of the Congressional Libertarian Caucus is to promote a free and open society worldwide to encourage the advancement of humanity for all and a free open market to promote prosperity for all. The Congressional Libertarian Caucus opposes all restrictions on individual liberties, including the right of persons to associate freely, with the sole condition that no person be permitted to deny another his rightful liberties.

Section 2- Rights of Caucus Members

All caucus members and those associated with, appearing before, or/and doing business with the caucus are entitled to the right to freely express their opinions to the caucus on any issue, and to appear at any meeting of the caucus.

Section 3- Limitations on Caucus Powers

1.) The caucus may not expel or otherwise censure a member for any of his or her beliefs and/or positions.

2.) All caucus meetings shall be open to the public free of charge, and all caucus documents (excluding the potions of such documents with private or/and confidential data) shall be freely available to the public.

3.) The caucus shall never participate in censorship of any kind.

4.) No official of the caucus may speak for the caucus publically on any issue or take any position unless such position has been authorized by the caucus as part of the charter or bylaws.

Section 4- By-laws

1.) At any time, a caucus member may propose a by-law or amendment to an existing one, as long as that by-law does not violate the charter.

2.) Within 48 hours, the Chair or Vice-Chair shall recognize the proposal and call for a second to be offered from any caucus members. Seconds may be offered before the Chair or Vice-Chair recognizes the proposal.

3.) Within 48 hours of a second being offered, the Chair or Vice-Chair shall call a vote on the proposal. The proposal shall be consider to have passed if a plurality of votes with 72 hours of the Chair or Vice-Chair calling for a vote are in favor of the motion. Members may vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain, or choose to not vote at all.

Section 5- Caucus Leadership

1.) There shall be a Chair and a Vice-Chair of the caucus.

2.) The Chair and Vice-Chair shall a term of 2 years before being subject to reelection.

3.) All Chair and Vice-Chair elections shall be done as follows:

a. Interested persons nominate themselves or other members for the position. The nomination must be seconded and accepted by the member being nominated. The nomination time shall last at least 72 hours.

b. Upon completion of nomination, the current caucus chair shall open election voting. Members are to select candidates using Instant Runoff Voting, in which voters rank candidates from best to worst. Upon counting all votes, the candidate receiving the least 1st choice votes shall be eliminated and their votes going to the next candidate up on the voter's list. This shall be repeated until there are only two remaining candidates, the one with the majority of votes winning. Chiar and Vice-Chair elections shall last at least 72 hours.

4.) The Chair, with a majority of caucus members voting voting in favor, may appoint members to leadership positions to be specified in the by-laws. Their term of office and duties shall also be specified in the by-laws. Elections shall be conducted in the same way as Chair and Vice-Chair elections.

5.) All members in leadership positions may be removed between elections by a two-thirds vote in favor of those voting from their position.

6.) The duties of the Chair and Vice-Chair shall be specified in the by-laws.

Section 6- Amendments

1.) This charter may be amended by a two-thirds vote in favor by those voting. Amendment elections shall last at least 120 hours.

Section 7- Powers of the Caucus

1.) Endorsements: A majority of votes of members voting is required to endorse anyone based upon their application for endorsement, to be submitted in a endorsement thread in Election Central, which shall be open for at least 72 hours before closing to new applications, or if upon a seconded motion made by a member to consider endorsing a candidate in a particular election, two-thirds of members voting. Endorsement application forms shall be made by the caucus chair and vice-chair and approved by a plurality of members voting in a 48 hour election. All endorsement elections shall be open for at least 48 hours.

Membership

Known Members/Former Members

Known Members/Former Members included:

Congresswoman Susan Merritt (R-TX) (retired)

Congressman Drew Pila (R-FL) (retired)

Congressman John Nolan (R-IL)

Congressman Michael Fontenot (R-LA)

Congressman Jeremiah Sheldon (I-GA)

congressman Altair Ackhart (I-OR)

Congressman Bill Bobby (D-MA) (retired)

Congressman Ryan H. Locke (R-CA)

Congressman J.D. Surratt (R-FL)

Congressman Howard Roark (R-GA)

Congressman Walter Magnusson (R-WA)

Congressman William H. Riley (R-FL)

Congresswoman Elizabeth Wellbourne (R-MI)

Congressman Baron Knightly (D-CA)

Congressman Marcus A. Cavalier (D-AZ)

Congressman Andrea Waltham (R-WA)

Congressman Ken Danegger (R-MO)

Congressman David Martin (R-FL)

Congressman James McCormack (I-NH)

Congressman Zachary Howland (R-NH)

Congressman T. Jonathan Jackson (R-VA)

Congressman John Locke (R-NE)

Congressman Jon Sallinger (D-MT)

Congressman Daniel Patrick Fox (R-NV)

Congressman William Roberts (D-AZ)

Senator Andrew Seong (R-WA)

Congressman Gilbert Taylor (R-FL)

Congressman Robert Martin (R-LA)

Senator Steve Rayburn (R-FL)

Congresswoman Priya Aziz-Green (D-WA)

Congresswoman Asmaa Aalan (D-MD)

Congressman Tobias Houston (D-WV)

Active Members

Marcus Cavalier (D-AZ)

James A.C. McCormack (I-NH)

John Jackson (R-VA)

Jonathan Sallinger (D-MT)

Paul Surratt (R-MA)

Gilbert Taylor (R-FL)

Leadership

2018-2020

John Nolan was CLC's first chairman and was unanimously accepted 8-0 unopposed.

Bill Bobby was CLC's first elected vice chairman by Instant Runoff Voting. The Other candidates included: Marcus Cavalier, Susan Merritt, and Andrea Waltham.

Upon John Nolan's resignation as chairman. Jon Sallinger was elected chair against Clarence Potter also ran.

2020-2022 (Current)

Marcus Cavalier became chair unopposed.

Paul Surratt was elected vice chair 4-2 against William Roberts.

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