CaptainKeyes
10-06-2004, 11:27 PM
Draft Bill Canned (http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=c0558924-153a-4e70-a1e4-c7b194f9edf3)
Republicans in the U.S. House of Repesentatives sought to quash a persistent Internet rumour that President George W. Bush wants to reinstate the draft if he is re-elected, engineering an overwhelming vote Tuesday killing legislation that would do just that.
Republicans accused Democrats of feeding the rumour mill to scare young voters and their parents into voting against Bush.
"This campaign is a baseless, malevolent concoction of the Democratic party and everyone in this chamber knows it," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas.
The House voted 402-2 to defeat to defeat the draft bill offered last year by U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Repesentatives sought to quash a persistent Internet rumour that President George W. Bush wants to reinstate the draft if he is re-elected, engineering an overwhelming vote Tuesday killing legislation that would do just that.
Republicans accused Democrats of feeding the rumour mill to scare young voters and their parents into voting against Bush.
"This campaign is a baseless, malevolent concoction of the Democratic party and everyone in this chamber knows it," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas.
The House voted 402-2 to defeat to defeat the draft bill offered last year by U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat.