Butterlands

Butterlands
2nd President of the United States
In office May 4, 2018 – June 10, 2018
Preceded by	Poke
Succeeded by	Politophile
2nd and 4th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office March 24, 2018 – May 4, 2018
Preceded by	Bakk
Succeeded by	leia
In office June 11, 2018 – August 29, 2018
Preceded by	leia
Succeeded by	Lamport
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office November 6, 2018
Appointed by	Politophile
Preceded by	Cramboat
1st Leader of the Progressive Party
In office October 3, 2018 – November 4, 2018
Preceded by	Butterlands (as Chairman of the PNC)
Succeeded by	NotAName
Junior Senator from Jefferson
In office August 29, 2018 – November 6, 2018
Member of the House of Representatives
In office February 12, 2018 – April 13, 2018 (from the South)
In office April 13, 2018 – May 4, 2018 (from the North)
In office June 10, 2018 – August 29, 2018 (from Jefferson)
Chairman of the PNC
In office May 30, 2018 – October 3, 2018
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Cool Dad (As Chair of the PNEC) Butterlands (As Party Leader)
Chairman of the Communist Party
In office May 6, 2018 – May 30, 2018
Preceded by	Poke
Succeeded by	Yimir
Deputy Leader of the Radical Labor Party
In office April 16, 2018 – May 6, 2018
Personal Details
Born	January 29, 2018 RLP Server
Political party	Independent Formerly: Progressive Communist(Radical Labor)
Children	6(including Gestapo Brain, Ow, and ComHack447)

Butterlands is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was formerly the 2nd President of the United States, the 2nd and 4th Speaker of the House, the leader of the Progressive Party, and the chairman of the Communist Party.

Before Politics

Butterlands joined the Radical Labor Party Discord on January 29, 2018. Over the next two weeks, he managed to get into half-a-dozen arguments in main and to vote in the first election. He made an unsuccessful run for deputy chairman of the Radical Labor Party during this time as well.

Early Career

Butterlands' profile picture during his early career.

As a relative unknown, Butterlands was chosen by Zoë to take her seat in the House of Representatives. He spent the next month arguing passionately with Politophile over minor issues and introducing more bills than any other member of Congress. Sometime in mid-March, Butterlands and Tiebroken led the push to pass the budget over the protests of System, a congressional clerk. Their effort was ultimately a failure, but the crisis surrounding it culminated in a re-evaluation of the role of congressional clerks. The budget passed a few days later.

Rise to the Speakership

Butterlands' profile picture during his speakership and presidency through May 24, 2018.

After several weeks of downtime, the House of Representatives was confronted with a major issue. The incumbent Speaker of the House, Bakk, was resigning and the parties fell into chaos trying to push their respective candidates for the speakership. The controversy that ensued eventually led to the end of the Jacobin Coalition. Butterlands was elected as speaker when the Libertarians agreed to back his candidacy in exchange for Blade Holdin being appointed as the vice president.

Speakership

Butterlands' speakership began on March 24, 2018. The week between the beginning of his speakership and the dissolution of the first Congress was, arguably, the most active week in congressional history up to that point. The House and Senate passed five bills within a seven-day period all of which were signed into law.

April 2018 Midterm Elections

Butterlands moved to the Northern State for the April midterm elections. He was chosen as the first candidate on the RLP party list in the party's primary election. The RLP went on to win six seats and secure the largest portion of the popular vote out of any party.

The Second Congress

The second Congress took office on April 13, 2018. Butterlands was re-elected as Speaker of the House with the support of all parties excluding the Libertarians. Roughly a week and a half into the new term, Butterlands began to work on pushing an ambitious program of constitutional reforms. Butterlands served as a leader of the push to impeach President Poke during the May Day affair and the crisis that followed from it.

RLP Leadership Elections

On April 16, 2018, Butterlands was elected as a freshman deputy leader of the Radical Labor Party. On May 2, 2018, he announced his candidacy for the chairman of the RLP.

Presidency

After Poke's succession crisis in the wake of the May Day affair, Butterlands ended up in the position of president as a result of the resignation of Bakk and the impeachment of Poke on May 4, 2018. Butterlands was elected as chairman of the Radical Labor Party on May 6, 2018. Shortly after his election, the party renamed itself to the Communist Party. Butterlands's presidency was not the cultural phenomenon that Bakk's or Poke's were, but several members of the opposition declared it to have been the "best presidency so far".

Environmental Reforms

During his first week in office, Butterlands took an interest in reversing some of the decisions of the Trump administration in regards to climate policy. This included recommitting to the Paris Climate Accords and allowing the EPA to roll back the legalisation of certain pesticides. On top of this, Butterlands issued an executive order to require that the DEMP use renewable energy and introduced a bill to nearly double the gas tax. His gas tax bill was unsuccessful, but he pushed through a similar bill when he returned to the House of Representatives.

Foreign Policy

Butterlands formally recognised the Armenian genocide and declared Israel's persecution of Palestinians to be an attempt at genocide. All foreign aid going from the State Department to Israel was cut off during his presidency.

The Democratic Party

Towards the end of Butterlands's presidency, the Communists and Democrats began to drift apart. This culminated in a political realignment in which the Democrats and Communists were in opposition to each other. Their increasingly oppositional relationship was reinforced by several cabinet appointments being rejected by the Democrats in the Senate.

The June Federal Elections

Butterlands announced his intention to seek a full presidential term on May 29, 2018. He failed to secure the Communist Party nomination on May 30, 2018, when he left the party to begin the process of founding the Progressive Party. On May 31, 2018, Butterlands decided to suspend his presidential campaign and run, instead, for the House of Representatives. He was elected with over 30 percent of the vote.

Return to Congress

Second Term as Speaker

Butterlands returned to the House of Representatives on June 10, 2018. He was elected to his previous position, Speaker of the House, on June 11, 2018. The next month was a period of general inactivity, and the Congress accomplished very little. July and early August proved to be much more active, as the Congress passed a new budget and got to work on several other bills. In the August Senate election in Jefferson, Butterlands beat Senator Zarphos to become the first Progressive elected to statewide office in Jefferson.

US Senator for Jefferson

Butterlands was sworn into the Senate on August 29, 2018. The Progressive majority elected DisguisedJet719 as the Senate Majority Leader. Butterlands also drafted a new set of rules for the Senate and introduced several bills during the first half of the session. Many of his more left-wing proposals--such as the abolition of the electoral college and an increase in the minimum wage--were shot down by right-leaning House Committees.

Campaign for the Presidency

Butterlands announced his candidacy for the Social Democratic Alliance nomination for the President of the US on October 5, 2018. After placing first in every contest, he won the nomination with 16 votes out of 30. He lost the general election by 12 electoral votes to 10, carrying only the Southern State.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Butterlands was nominated to fill the vacancy left by Justice Cramboat's resignation by President Politophile on November 2, 2018. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 6, 2018. Butterlands was a more conservative justice than his record in politics would suggest. Most notably, he wrote the opinion striking down the New Democratic Free Market Stimulus Act in Lamport v. United States.