Defense Spending Bill Includes Homeless Person's Draft Requirement for Women Memorial & Candlelight Vigil
ongress is advancing a plan to C draft women into the military. The provision is part of the
national defense bill the House passed with bipartisan support back in September and it will likely make it in the final plan. “Women have every ability as a man to serve … and they should be given the right,” said Rep. Steven
Horsford, D-Nev. “I support it being included in the final package.” The push is being met with some controversy, and a small group of Senate Republicans are actively opposing the draft provision. Even though the U.S. isn’t currently using the draft — the last time the U.S. government used the draft was during the Vietnam War — the bill would require all U.S. Citizens between the ages of 18 to 26 to sign up, regardless of gender identity. Some Senate Republicans disagree, including Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. “I don’t quite get it,” Hawley said. “I’m going to try and force a vote to return the draft to how it has been,
which is that women are not drafted against their will.” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says he wants a specific vote on the issue. “This is a serious change of military policy and we should have a vote,” Cotton said. “All Senators should go on the record.” But not every Republican is opposed. In fact, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has long supported drafting women. Even so, Republican pushback on this and other issues is holding the bill back. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the military needs the funding bill to pass. “These delays are unfortunate,” Schumer said. “There is no good reason to keep delaying, we should move the process forward.” For now, a vote isn’t expected until after lawmakers return from Thanksgiving break.
BY CHRISTY MARTINEZ-GARCIA FOR LATINO LUBBOCK MAGAZINE
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National
Day, a Homeless Person's Memorial & Candlelight Vigil will be held on December 21, 2020, at 6 p.m., at Dave Freriks Park, located at 16th and Avenue K. The event is held for the city's homeless citizens and affords them the chance to pay their respects to those who have lost their life and to be recognized on the longest night of the year. More so, the event is organized to bring awareness to the plight of the homeless in the city.
Each year since 1990 on, or near December 21- not coincidentally, the first day of winter and the longest night of the year - homeless service providers, in more than 150 communities across the country, conduct similar services to recognize the need for political advocacy and efforts to end homelessness. Organizers of the Lubbock event include the South Plains Homeless Consortium, CHCL, and the Salvation Army, in partnership with the National Coalition for the Homeless. Collectively, they invite the public to join them in remembering the homeless in 2021. For more information, contact (806) 319-5140.
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