Congressman Proposes Military Draft of Everyone Over 18

CONGRESS.ORG WEEKLY UPDATE November 20, 2006 CONGRESSMAN: "BRING BACK THE DRAFT" TELL PRES. BUSH AND CONGRESS WHAT YOU WOULD BE THANKFUL FOR CONGRESSMAN CHARLES RANGEL PROPOSES MILITARY DRAFT Incoming Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel proposes reinstating the military draft for everyone over 18 to bolster troop levels and deter Congress from getting into further wars. Write to Congress and President Bush to share your views. We will tabulate the views daily and display them on Congress.org. I Support Bringing Back the Draft I Oppose Bringing Back the Draft WHAT WOULD YOU BE THANKFUL FOR? Write to Pres. Bush and your Members of Congress and tell them: "I would be thankful next year if you would...." Enter your ZIP Code at top left on Congress.org to find your elected officials. EARLY GUIDE TO CONGRESS Find out who the new players are with the Early Guide to the 110th Congress available for purchase with contact information, brief bios and photos of every member of the new Congress. The Congress.org Weekly Update Editors ___________________________________________________________________ TO ALL YOU NEW SUBSCRIBERS OUT THERE If you're new to this newsletter or haven't been to Congress.org for awhile, here is a reminder of the things you can do to make an impact on your elected officials. HOW POWERFUL ARE YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS? We ranked Congress from the most powerful and effective members to the least. Where do your Senators and your Representative rank in the Power Rankings? WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE? You can now personalize your e-mail to Congress by adding a picture of you or your issue and a bit about yourself. Use the "See Me" option when you send a message to Congress. Look at the gallery of activists HAVE IT HAND DELIVERED You can have your message personally delivered to the Capitol offices of your members of Congress for $8.95 each message by using the "Extra Impact" option when composing your message. LET OTHERS READ WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY You can post that letter you wrote to your elected officials for everyone to see by using the "Letters to Leaders" option. Read letters from others. Or, you can create a Soapbox Alert that will allow you to raise an issue and allow others to write to the elected officials you target. You can see for yourself how many people read your views and how many took action on them. (Click here for details) Also post your own Soapbox Commentary on the bio page of any elected official. Think they are saying one thing and doing another? Call them on it. Do you know something about an official everyone should know? Post that as well for up to 30 days. Visit the biography page of any elected official for details. There's more to see on Congress.org. Stop by if you haven't been there for awhile. Don't forget to add Congress.org@Capwiz.com to your address book to ensure prompt delivery of this newsletter each week.