by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 24, 2015 | Legislative
To: MNGEA Membership From: Scott Bousum, Legislative Director, EANGUS National Office Topic: Legislative Report Date: October 20, 2015 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE RACE As of October 20, all eyes are on House Ways and Means Committee Chair – and former Vice Presidential...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 24, 2015 | Benefits, Veterans
Have you applied for your VA ID card? If not, check out this link (Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC) to see what you need to do to get the ball rolling.
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 15, 2015 | Deployment, National Guard
By Dan Burdett on Oct 8, 2015 at 11:32 p.m. WILLMAR — A crowd in the hundreds gathered Thursday in the gymnasium at Willmar Senior High School to say farewell to the 159 members of the Minnesota National Guard 682nd Engineering Battalion who are preparing for a...
by jharris.msy@gmail.com | Oct 13, 2015 | Benefits, National, Politics
The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress last week will not reach the president’s desk until next week. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the bill because it bypasses caps on military spending. But the bill has not yet been...
by Mark Wasserbauer | Oct 8, 2015 | Legislative
A new Call-To-Action message was recently released by EANGUS supporting S. 2137, the Military Family Stability Act, a bill that provides flexibility to military members and their families during times of deployment and relocation. In an era of persistent military...
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 jharris.msy@gmail.com | Sep 23, 2015 | National
The National Commission on the Future of the Army will soon focus on the issue of where to put the Army’s AH-64 Apache helicopters and one commissioner hopes it will find a “blended capability” solution, according to a report this week by Inside...
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...
