Lawmakers Back Military Death Benefit Halted by Shutdown
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Death benefits for the survivors of U.S. military personnel would be renewed under legislation that House leaders plan to take up today after the payments were halted by the partial federal shutdown.
“It’s disgraceful that they’re withholding these benefits, but again tomorrow the House is going to act specifically on this, and I hope the president will sign it,” House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said yesterday at a news conference on Capitol Hill.