Bills Would Let Military Death Benefit Go to Guardian
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Lawmakers introduced companion bills in the House and Senate yesterday that would allow grandparents and other relatives raising children of fallen troops to be designated as beneficiaries of a $100,000 "death gratuity."
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A bill to be introduced on the sixth anniversary of the attacks would provide medical coverage and financial compensation to anyone exposed to ground zero dust.
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A new bill that would allow Pakistan&#39;s president to continue serving as head of the military is generating controversy across the country.
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Senate leaders said Friday they will push legislation to increase the death benefits for military personnel, retroactive to the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001.
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The House voted Friday to amend several securities laws dating back to the 1930s to allow church pension programs to pool their assets with private and government pension plans as a means of increasing retirement savings.
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A bill in Congress seeks to eliminate military slot machines overseas that take in $130 million a year, mostly from soldiers. Part of what has prompted the bill  is one soldier's gambling addiction, which ruined his Army career and led to his suicide.
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The cabinet is expected to agree in principle today to a request from George Bush&#39;s military commanders for British troops to be redeployed to the so-called &quot;triangle of death&quot; near Baghdad.
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Two doctors groups have dropped their opposition to a bill which will allow them to help terminally ill patients die.
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Government forces through bill extending controversial refuelling mission
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The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday responded to the deadliest shooting rampage in modern American history by  passing legislation to help keep guns out of hands of the mentally ill.
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Services are due to be held across Scotland to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the two world wars.
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Congress yesterday approved a $447 billion defense bill with a military pay raise and new money for Iraq and Afghanistan. Underscoring the bill&#39;s
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The US Congress on Saturday approved a 447 billion US dollar defense bill, which would providea 3.5 percent raise for military personnel and 25 billion dollars to support US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Bill would speed rebates to most taxpayers, including disabled veterans and the elderly.
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Congress, prodded by the deadliest shooting rampage in modern American history, passed legislation on Wednesday designed to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.
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The US House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday designed to tighten gun ownership, nearly two months after a disturbed student went on the deadliest ever US school shooting rampage.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter says his son, a Marine artillery officer who has served in Iraq, asked him for two favors. One was to fix his Ford Bronco. The other was to stand firm in opposing an intelligence bill that would strip authority from the Pentagon.