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Friday, June 18, 2004
- - - - - A Return To The Draft? - - - - -
There's an urban legend running around the 'net about how the Prez wants Congress to restart that abomination, the draft. The Prez is allegedly arm-twisting and eye-gouging assorted members of Congress, and one lone Senator to get his wishes carried out, to draft the Innocent Youth of America to send them off to the Quagmire of the Middle East.
Here is a list of the vicious war-mongers that the Evil Prez has enlisted/arm-twisted/eye-gouged into supporting Universal National Service Act of 2003 |(H.R.163/S. 89).
House:
Charles Rangel, D-NY
Neil Abercrombie, D-HI
Corrine Brown, D-FL
Donna M. Christensen, D-VI
William Lacy Clay, D-MO
John Conyers, Jr., D-MI
Elijah E. Cummings, D-MD
Alcee L. Hastings, D-FL
Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX
John Lewis, D-GA
Jim McDermott, D-WA
James P. Moran, D-VA
Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC
Fortney Pete Stark, D-CA
Nydia M. Velazquez, D-NY
Senate:
Fritz Hollings, D-SC
You can verify this by going to Thomas (HERE). In the search box, enter HR 163. Here's a summary and table of contents, taken directly from the header of the bill:
HR 163 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 163
To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2003
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. STARK, and Mr. ABERCROMBIE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Universal National Service Act of 2003'.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. National service obligation.
Sec. 3. Two-year period of national service.
Sec. 4. Implementation by the President.
Sec. 5. Induction.
Sec. 6. Deferments and postponements.
Sec. 7. Induction exemptions.
Sec. 8. Conscientious objection.
Sec. 9. Discharge following national service.
Sec. 10. Registration of females under the Military Selective Service Act.
Sec. 11. Relation of Act to registration and induction authority of Military Selective Service Act.
Sec. 12. Definitions.
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Please note who the vicious war-mongers are, and what their party affiliation is. And also note that the bills are bottled up in their respective committees in the House and in the Senate.
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