New American Left

New American Left
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Chair	Irene Taylor
Vice Chair	Vacant
Founded	05 October 2022
Ideology	Big-Tent Leftism
House of Representatives	10 / 17
Senate	3 / 6
Governorships	0 / 3
State Legislatures	6 / 15

The New American Left (NAL) is one of the major contemporary politic parties in the United States. In contrast to its primary political rival, the Libertarian-Republican Party, the NAL is a very new political organization, having only existed since October 5th, 2022. The party was founded as a big tent, and its official platform coalesces a number of generally liberal and progressive views. However, since the Small Exodus, its politics have continually trended toward left of center.

The party is lead by the NALNC, an internally-elected, five-person committee that runs and governs the party at large. Its internal structure, as outlined by its constitution, is philosophically decentralized, though constitutional conventions since the party's founding have put more power in the hands of the NALNC. Prior to the present constitution, it was lead by a designated Federal Elections Commission Coordinator. The first and only individual to hold the title was Irene Taylor who, following the party's Second Convention, was elected Party Chair thereafter.

The NAL won a majority of seats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2022 November General Election, upsetting previously held majorities in both chambers. The party's present control of Congress has been marked by several controversies, including the Greyson Tax Scandal, the Small Exodus, and general accusations of low-quality legislative submissions. Several members of the NAL Caucus were involved in both resolving and propagating dimensions of the Ddet Patent Controversy.

Greyson Tax Scandal

On December 9, 2022, Representative Jeremey Greyson submitted to the House of Representatives the Corporation Tax Act (CTA). The bill implemented previously undone taxes on businesses and corporations, with stipulations as high as 65% for windfall profits of over ten thousand dollars. The CTA and, by consequence, Greyson, were immediately embroiled in controversy surrounding the relatively atmospheric tax hike.

President Valerie, of Jefferson, took to Twitter day of and criticized Greyson and the NAL for a 'wildly unacceptable move'. Widespread criticism from several political organizations, leaders, and individuals followed, culminating in the bill's retraction from House consideration and Greyson's admittance of the bill's lackluster vetting. While the controversy itself died down, Jeffersonian First Secretary Tucker Carlson publicly lambasted Greyson and advocated that he be voted out of office. Other members of the Jeffersonian government, including President Valerie, voiced similar views.

As of December 28, 2022, no version of the CTA, amended or not, has returned to the House or Senate.

The Small Exodus

From December 20, 2022, to December 23, 2022, prominent members of the NAL left the organization in a string of departures that deepened internal divides and more widely publicized the seeming inability of the party to govern and sustain its caucuses in the House and Senate.

On December 20, 2022, NAL Party Chair Irene Taylor announced on Twitter that Representative Kammerer was no longer a member of the party. The expulsion and public admittance of such followed several apparent spats between governing members of the NAL and Kammerer himself. Prior to his removal, Representative Kammerer endorsed John Smith, a controversial member of the Libertarian-Republican Party, against NAL member and party-endorsed candidate Justin.

Shortly thereafter, Secretary Koko, a founding member of the NAL itself, Tweeted his departure from the party on December 21, 2022. The leave came after clear differences between Koko and other members of the NAL, as the Secretary voiced his disdain with the Corporate Tax Act and his support of Jefferson's refusal of new federal taxes during debates earlier in the month. Koko's departure occurred during a notorious slog of inactivity in the House, as twelve members' failure to vote on a bill was widely publicized on the same day. Less than twenty four hours later, Dushon Marshall tentatively left politics before returning to the scene and registering himself as an independent. Marshall was a prominent member of the party during his tenure under their poltical banner in the House. His resignation from the NALNC, in concurrence with Koko's, left the NAL's governing body two members down, an absence it continues to maintain.

The trio of departures marked a Small Exodus from the NAL and all but collapsed the party's more moderate wing. Without the more conservative voices of Koko and Kammerer to hold the party near the center-left, remaining members have increasingly pushed the NAL toward a more overt and legislatively evident progressivism.