By J. Taylor Rushing
A bill to rename the Department of the Navy is quickly catching on in the Senate, but faces staunch opposition from Armed Services Committee leaders.
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), a former Marine and the sponsor of the bill in the upper chamber, has convinced 79 senators to sign on the measure he introduced in late February.
Yesterday, the Marine Corps Identity Bill, HR 24, unanimously passed the House after receiving 426 co-sponsors. This is the most co-sponsors of any bill in the history of the Congress!
But its companion bill, S. 504, still has to pass the Senate.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on the front lines drumming up support for MarineCause and our effort to give the Marine Corps equal recognition with the Navy.
Taken from the Washington Times
By Sgt. Shaft
Dear Sgt Shaft:
Every year since 2001, Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., has introduced a bill in the House, to re-designate the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps only to have it die in the Senate without action.
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