After months of debate and weeks of angst, the Senate has sent its annual defense bill to the president. The $740 billion defense authorization bill draft now awaits compromise work with the Senate, with a goal of final passage later this year. Both House and Senate lawmakers have offered support for the idea in recent months. The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee. In 1971, Gravel led a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft and he read into the Congressional Record 4,100 pages of the leaked Pentagon Papers. The Supreme Court said it’ll be up to Congress, not the court, to decide whether to change the requirement that only men must register for the draft. The registration requirement in the Selective Service System is one of the few remaining places where federal law treats men and women differently. U.S. Supreme Court considering whether to take up the case. A recent commission and U.S. Supreme Court petition are looking at changes. The commission charged with looking at ways to improve military recruiting said universal service for all U.S. citizens is not a viable solution. Load More