The surviving spouses of military retirees who receive income from two separate benefit programs will no longer have their benefits reduced by any so-called "widow's tax."
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) has selected the 2021 recipients of its annual awards that honor lawmakers, individuals, businesses and nonprofits whose efforts improve the lives of servicemembers and veterans and their families. The recipients:
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) will receive the Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award. As chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Inhofe championed the Senate s bipartisan FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that includes pay raises for troops, continues stringent oversight of military privatized housing, and addresses mental health and suicide prevention. He also was an original cosponsor of the Military Widow s Tax Elimination Act of 2019, which led to the repeal of the widows tax, a financial penalty affecting more than 66,000 military survivors across the country. Speier was instrumental in including imp