Political Quotes

“Last week, House Democrats had the chance to bring the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act on the floor to repeal the widow's tax. Roll Call described, today, the bill as a ``broadly supported bipartisan bill'' with 365 cosponsors. This was the first legislation to achieve the Consensus Calendar and would have received a standalone vote, having 86 percent cosponsorship. Roll Call said: ``Wilson's bill, the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act, would end a disparity between government payments made to surviving spouses of servicemembers who die on Active Duty. ``The `widow's tax' . . . requires the surviving spouses to forfeit much of their DOD Survivor Benefit Plan annuity when they receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation from the VA. ``The Rules Committee did not give Wilson a heads-up that they were going to put language in the NDAA rules to remove his bill from the Consensus Calendar.'' This was a partisan political gimmick. It is not too late to bring it back up as a standalone bill to help the spouses. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism. ____________________”