Bipartisan inhofemikulski amendment to the National Defense authorization act. What does our amendment do . It stops the privatization of commissaries which are an earned, earned benefit for our military and their families. Every year when the Senate Debates this bill, we talk about how we love our troops and how we always want to support our military families, but if we really love our troops, we need to make sure that our troops have the support that they need. One of the earned benefits that does that is the commissaries, and if we love our troops, why would we want to proceed in the direction that we are . Our troops dont view commissaries as a subsidy. They view it as do i as an earned benefit. Im fighting here to preserve this piece of the earned benefit compensation package. Now, what are the commissaries . Since 1826, military families have been able to shop at a network of stores that provide modestly priced groceries. The commissary system is simple. If youre active duty in y
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Amazon is not just an online store anymore. Across the u. S. , this off year election day has been more about the issues than the candidates. And in houston, theyre deciding on an antidiscrimination bill that among other things allows transgender residents to use rest rooms that match their identity. And in San Francisco, the ballot to restrict shortterm home rentals could decide the fate of air b b in that city. And in ohio, it deciding whether to limit the recreation at use of Recreational Marijuana. And it could be the first to go from outlawing marijuana to allowing it for all uses. Bisi onileere, in columbus, ohio, and is there a trance that the Controversial Initiative will actually pass . Richelle, theres a very good chance that marijuana could be legalized here in ohio. A recent poll showed that it was split right down the middle. There are two initiatives that deal with it on the ballot. Issue three would legalize the drug, and issue two would put an end to the initiative for
Worldwide a big night for conservatives in local and state elections. For the second time in 40 years a republican won the governors race in kentucky. Many see it rahs a referendum see it as a referendum in the Affordable Care act. It was an offyear election, voters getting a sign of what may come in the 2016 president ial race. We begin in ohio, where voters struck down an attempt to legalize recreational and medical marijuana. Bisi onileere is there. This was an interesting mix of people that tweeted the measure. Yes, this is a huge upset for those who before legalized marijuana, there were a number of wealthy investors who backed this, spending millions to get the measure past. They were, in the end tweeted. There were a number of Law Enforcement agency suggests, hospitals, religious groups and schools, vocal against the legalization ofle marijuana, a lot taking issue with the term monopoly, that it was unfair that preselected wealthy investors had preference and had rights to 10 si
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