by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 17, 2015 | Legislative
Just wanted to share with the membership this letter I received recently from U.S. Representative Erik Paulsen (MN-3) in regards to the Capitol Hill visits Vice President Ray Kennedy and I had during our EANGUS Legislative Workshop in February. We discussed...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 6, 2015 | Legislative
Just sent this to EANGUS to start working on a Call To Action for our organization but you can also use this link through AFSA as well. Senate Bill S. 271 is the Senate Bill to go along with H.F. 303 regarding Concurrent Receipt. EANGUS had this on the table two...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Mar 2, 2015 | Legislative
28 February 2015 TO: MNGEA Executive Council, Area Chairpersons and MNGEA members FROM: Ray Kennedy, MNGEA Resolutions Committee Chair 1. Annual Call for 2015 MNGEA Resolutions. 2. Proposed Resolutions wil be considered at the 2015 Annual MNGEA Conference are due to...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 25, 2015 | Legislative
Click on the link below to view the latest legislative article from MNGEA Executive Vice President Ray Kennedy. I apologize for the delay in getting this loaded to the website. Thanks to Ray for keeping us informed on the latest info …...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislative, Politics
ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN RELEASED Projected defense spending in President Obama’s $4 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, which was released on Monday, is nearly $35 billion over topline levels established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 ($499 billion). Another $58...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislative
H.R. 203 “Clay Hunt SAV Act” passed. On 3 February, the Senate passed H.R. 203, the “Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act,” by a vote of 99 to 0. This bill provides for an independent, annual evaluation of the DoD and VA...
