Today, the house of representatives
voted on a bill by Rep. Rangel (NY) addressing the draft. It failed 2 to 402.
Republicans brought up the bill under a "suspension of rules" process which is reserved for non-controversial bills. Under these rules, there is only 40 min of debate. Only 40 min!
This bill was brought up now because Republicans wanted to push it under the rug. But Alliance for Security and Rock the Vote have begun a letter writing campaign to make newspapers pay attention to the debate on the draft.
Everyone knows that if we need a draft for an emergency, then it should be employed. The real issue is that American foreign policy should not put us in a position where a draft is needed. Also, health care workers will be the first to go. This is something that no one is talking about but it's the truth.
If more people don't pay attention now, we'll be in a deeper mess.