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09-17-2008, 04:40 PM
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ATTN Military Spouses :: Action Needed Now
Attention Military Spouses!
YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED IN CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY. The House of Representatives recently passed the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act. This bill, if it passes the Senate, will apply the same rules of residency to military spouses that currently apply to their active duty service member (so you would no longer have to worry about changing your driver's license, vehicle registration, voter's registration, etc., every time you move). The idea that we should be penalized for these moves WHEN IT IS THE MILITARY that is choosing to move us is ridiculous. Military spouses, like service members, simply go where the military tells them to go. The hardships associated with these frequent moves should be ALLEVIATED by Congress, not perpetuated. Shockingly, the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act is currently BEING CHALLENGED by the DoD as it is being considered by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. If this bill does not get approved by the VA Committee, it will never get voted on in the Senate and thus never become law. This is your chance to make a difference and to be heard. You need to call the Senators that are sitting on the VA Committee. Ask to speak with their legislative aide about the Military Spouse Residency Relief Act. Tell them that "the committee needs to support the Carter Military Spouse language." For some reason, the DoD does not believe that military spouses should have the same residency protections that service members do. Obviously, Military Spouses for Change disagrees with the DoD on this. It will not cost the federal government anything to make this bill a law. It will not cost the Department of Defense anything. All we are asking for is a reprieve from the practical and financial burdens of having to change our state of residence every time the military decides to move our family. Either that or the military should start giving our married service members the option of staying at one duty station for his or her entire career. Since the latter is unlikely to happen, then the federal government should at least move to provide us with the same legal protections it provides our service members since we are no more immune to the change of duty stations than he or she is (absent divorcing or separating). Print out the numbers below and take the time to call each office and tell them that military spouses deserve the same legal protections that their service members get when it comes to state residency laws. They say that the military recruits a service member but retains the family, well this is a step the federal government can take toward doing that. Please forward this email to other military spouses you know and/or post on message boards and blogs! Akaka, Daniel K.- (D - HI) (202) 224-6361 Aide: Lisa F. Brown, Sherrod- (D - OH) (202) 224-2315 Aide: Diane Wilkinson Burr, Richard- (R - NC) (202) 224-3154 Aide: Kevin Tuess(??) Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID) (202) 224-2752 Aide: Patrick (Nielman??) Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC) (202) 224-5972 Aide: Adam Brake Hutchison, Kay Bailey- (R - TX) 224-5922 Isakson, Johnny- (R - GA) (202) 224-3643 Aide: Lauren Walter (along with Houston Ernst) Murray, Patty- (D - WA) (202) 224-2621 Aide: Joshua Jacobs Obama, Barack- (D - IL) (202) 224-2854 Aide: Ruchi Bhowmik Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV) (202) 224-6472 Aide: Clete Johnson or Barbara Pryor Sanders, Bernard- (I - VT) (202) 224-5141 Aide: Janko Mitric Specter, Arlen- (R - PA) (202) 224-4254 Aide: Will Wagner Tester, Jon- (D - MT) (202) 224-2644 Aide: James Wise Webb, Jim- (D - VA) (202) 224-4024 Aide: William Edwards Wicker, Roger F.- (R - MS) (202) 224-6253 Your ally in progress, Carissa Picard -- Carissa Picard, Esq. President Military Spouses for Change P.O. Box 216 Copperas Cove, TX 76522 254.554.1513 www.militaryspousesforchange.com
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