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Finally, the laws are promulgated by the Imperator's (or Prime Minister's) signature. The Prime Minister may call for a new legislative deliberation of the law or one of its articles in front of the National Assembly, which cannot be denied.

Once a law is agreed upon with ''majority support'', the bill will be issued by the ''Proconsul Maioris'' as ''Consulus Consultum'' (By Decree of the Consuls)''.'' Once the bill is posted in the ''[[Forum Orumbarca]],'' it is brought to the Imperator the day it gets issued. Senators, Consuls, ''censors'', citizens and the Tribune may review the copy posted in the Forum. Since modern times, ''Consulus Consultum'' have been posted in the main ''fora'' of every provincial capital. More recently, the bills have been available online. Politically aware citizens will be disseminating copies within a day and those who are strongly against enacting the bill may voice their concerns to the Tribune and Imperator through the proper channels.

Bills that get rejected by either the Tribune, Censors or Imperator are rendered ''consultum impotens''. If the Consul who presented it still wants the bill to be considered, he must account for any objections offered by whichever of the three parties vetoed the ''consultum'' and only then may propose it again as a bill in the National Assembly. There are numerous bureaucratic measures in place to prevent the constant return of a bill from a persistent Consul but these are far too mundane to be worth mentioning.

===Committees===

A Consul can attend more than one committee if s/he is not a member of Application Committee or Planning and Budgeting Committee. Members of those committees can not participate in any other committees. On the other hand, s/he does not have to work for a committee either. Number of members of each committee is determined by the proposal of the Advisory Council and the approval of the Assembly. Sub committees are established according to the issue that the committee receives. Only Public Economic Enterprises (PEEs) Committee has constant sub committees that are specifically responsible for a group of PEEs.  

Only the powers to write and legitimize legislation as well as to spend from the treasury are absolute powers of the National Assembly. Signing treaties, employing diplomats, raising legions or fleets, conscripting citizens for the military, and exiling foreigners are examples of the minor powers granted to the National Assembly over the centuries.

===Financial powers===

The National Assembly possesses the power to tax the population to support its finances. However, the funds generated from taxation and public guilds is under the control of the entire government, that is the Corcillum, the Ministries and the Imperator. Public spending requires the presence of an ''aedile'', a magistrate with access to government funds. Neither the National Assembly nor Imperator can appropriate the treasury without one. While the ''aediles'' are vested with the authority for spending money, they lack the ''imperium'' to actually spend anything. The federal budget consists of the planned spending by the government of Caphiria. Funds allocated to provincial governments, dependent nations, government salaries, military salaries, and infrastructure maintenance are detailed in a budget written in January by the ''Mensarius Superbus'' (Supreme Financier) of the Ministry of the Treasury. All other expenditure is at the discretion of the Imperator, National Assembly, and Ministries within their respective jurisdictions.

Some of the Assembly's non-constitutional powers are: ratification of international treaties, declaration of war against a foreign power, raising armies or navies, commissioning public monuments, military conscription, erecting military facilities, exiling non-citizens, and issuing research grants. Minor powers mirror many of the absolute powers of the Imperator, allowing the Imperium to function in his absence.

==Relationship within the Corcillum==

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