by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 5, 2015 | Legislative, Politics
Last week, the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its long-awaited report to Congress. The Commission established by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2013 to provide the President of the United States and the...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Feb 1, 2015 | Legislative
Great new tool for contacting your National CODEL on issues. Give this a try: Text the word “Veteran” to 52886. You will get a text message with a link. Click the link and follow the instructions to submit the latest EANGUS point paper to your Senators...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 27, 2015 | Legislative
From Press Release: Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-07) and Rep. Walz (MN-01) introduced H.R. 353, Veterans Access to Healthy Hearing Act, which will provide much needed options for hearing impaired Veterans. According to the Department of...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 23, 2015 | Legislative, Retirement
MNGEA Legislative Report (addendum) 23 January 2015 SF0040 was heard in the Senate tax committee on 15 Jan 15. Minnesota State Senator Gazelka introduced the bill as a golden opportunity to include in the omnibus tax bill. This is a perfect opportunity because...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Jan 12, 2015 | Legislative, National Guard
By Brian Everstine, Staff writer 4:40 p.m. EST January 6, 2015 (Photo: Boeing) Another fight between the Army and the National Guard over the Apache attach helicopter may be ahead. The nation’s governors plan to continually press Army leadership to let the...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Dec 23, 2014 | Benefits, Legislative, Veterans
Veterans Issues Saw Legislative Success in 2014 By Leo Shane III, Staff writer (Military Times) 9:16 a.m. EST December 22, 2014 Veterans faced a disheartening series of nationwide scandals related to their benefits and care in 2014, but that also brought an...
