108th CONGRESS HR163 January 7, 2003 :A Bill to provide for the common defense.

The Orator ^ | 9/28/2004 | alieno nomine

[alieno nomine]

Can someone, more learned than I, help clarify if this bill (HR163) dated back to Jan 2003 has any bearing on the ongoing accusations from the Democrats that a draft is in the works?

Also, is this something that was cooked up by Rangel & Conyers and placed on the back burner only to be peddled out before the election.

[alieno nomine]

Thanks for your input.

[oolatec]

HR163 was written up by Democrats...

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:@@@P

[Flatus I. Maximus]

COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)


      Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/7/2003
      Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 1/28/2003
      Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 5/19/2004
      Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/28/2003
      Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/7/2003
      Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/28/2003
      Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/28/2003
      Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/21/2004
      Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/28/2003
      Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/7/2003
      Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/7/2003
      Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/28/2003
      Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/7/2003
      Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/28/2003


      Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/28/2003(withdrawn - 6/21/2004)

Introduced by Charles Rangel and cosponsored by Corrine Brown, Alcee Hastings, John Conyers?

This was a Democratic publicity stunt that was D.O.A. in January 2003. Pay it no mind.

[alieno nomine]

Thank you for your input - this story seemed strange when I received it from a coworker by email. The hype that came to me was via Michigan - not surprisingly so.

[steve-b]

Really, Dubya ought to get rid of the Peanut's useless legacy and deprive the Dems of this particular scare tactic.