For years, spouses of deceased career military retirees received 55% of the soldier's annual retirement pay until they turned 62, when they began receiving only 35%. I cosponsored legislation, H.R. 548, which would retain the full 55% level, and Congress passed legislation in 2005 to phase-out this reduction in benefits, increasing the level annually and restoring the full 55% level by March 2008.
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