by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 8, 2015 | Legislative
By Joe Gould 4:10 p.m. EDT October 7, 2015 WASHINGTON — The US Senate voted Wednesday to approve the 2016 defense policy bill, but President Obama is expected to veto it because of language supporting a workaround that funds defense using the overseas contingency...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 8, 2015 | Legislative, National Guard, Technician
Congress passed a 3-month Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the Federal Government through December. Between now and the deadline, Speaker Boehner will step down as Speaker of the House of Representatives and a new Speaker (likely Representative Kevin McCarthy R-CA)...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Sep 21, 2015 | Legislative
Last Friday, Congressman John Kline introduced H.R. 3549 – VA Billing Accountability Act. H.R. 3549 provides the Secretary of the VA the authority to waive the requirement a veteran make a co-payment if a VA error is the cause of a delay in notifying a veteran of a...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Sep 5, 2015 | Legislative, News
From the Office of Congressman John Kline (2nd District – MN) Knowing of your support for an efficient VA that serves our veterans, I wanted to ensure you saw that Congressman John Kline plans to introduce legislation in the near future to protect veterans from...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Sep 5, 2015 | Veterans
By Mark Brunswick Star Tribune September 1, 2015 — 5:53pm Minnesota’s congressional delegation, led by Rep. John Kline, is fighting a Veterans Affairs directive that found veterans suddenly being billed for co-payments that were as much as five years old. Recently,...
