I agree it is a list of stupid ideas that the Repub Conservative Caucus culled from all bills introduced by Dems in the last session(s). None of these have any level of sponsorship that will even get them a hearing in a committee.
The Dems have identified priorities if they take the House:
- a serious discussion of options in Iraq to be based on the recommendations of the Baker Iraq Study Group report to be released after the election,
- homeland security recommendations of the 9/11 Commission regarding port security, rail/truck, nuclear facilities, first responder capacity, particularly to respond to biological/chemical attack
- reform of the medicare prescription bill to allow the federal government to negotiate lower prescription drug prices
- minimum wage legislation
I think a discussion of these issues would be far more productive than a discussion of the Repub "fantasy list" of the worst Dem sponsored bills.
The Dems do have a national service concept that does have broader support than the Universal National Service Act described above, although I still dont think it is high on their "wish list" if they assume control of the House.
It is described as Universal Citizen Service and would require those between the ages of 18 and 25 to go through three months of basic civil defense training and community service. I would need to see more details, but it is an intriguing concept.