Probably find a way to exempt children and relatives of menbers of congress.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Ohio mark <[email protected]>wrote: > > Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) likely will introduce his controversial > legislation to reinstate the draft again this year, but he will wait > until after the economic stimulus package is passed. > > Asked if he plans to introduce the legislation again in 2009, Rangel > last week said, "Probably … yes. I don't want to do anything this > early to distract from the issue of the economic stimulus." > > Reintroducing the military draft bill, which would attract media > attention, will be trickier for Rangel in 2009 than it was a couple > years ago because the Ways and Means Committee chairman is now under > investigation by the House ethics committee. > > Democratic leaders have given Rangel a leading role in helping craft > the new economic stimulus bill despite an array of ethics allegations > that have surfaced over the last several months. The charges have > ranged from failing to report rental income on a villa in the > Dominican Republic to an alleged quid pro quo involving a legislative > favor for a donor to an education center bearing Rangel's name. > > > http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/rangel-to-reintroduce-military-draft-measure-2009-01-14.html > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
