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Sage-grouse provision removed from defense billโ€”but a fight remains over at Interior

Sneaking unrelated legislation into a seemingly simple bill is nothing new. Legislators use this time-honored tradition to sweeten deals, and pass legislation that wouldn’t pass on its own Sometimes this tactic is used for the nefarious reason of getting something that is unpalatable or difficult passed undercover. In the case of one of the latest […]

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House Committee Votes to Require Women to Register for Draft

Congress will decide on “Draft America’s Daughters Act of 2016”

In December, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter lifted all gender-based combat restrictions. Now, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee has voted 32 to 30 for an amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which if passed by Congress, would require women age 18 to 26 to register for conscription for the first time in […]

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