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.
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Marine Corps Identity Bill Sweeps House, Faces Opposition in Senate
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010R. Lee Ermey Takes D.C. By Storm With Our Cause!
Friday, March 5th, 2010Ermey throws weight behind name change
Friday, February 26th, 2010By James K. Sanborn – Staff writer - 02/25/10 20:38 EST
Taken from The Marine Corps Times
Retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey, widely known for his performance as the sadistic drill instructor in the 1987 film “Full Metal Jacket,” headlined a Thursday news conference in Washington, D.C., calling to rename the Department of the Navy the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
The event, at the Longworth House Office Building, was aimed at drumming up support for House Resolution 24, a bill authored by Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., that formally proposes the name change.
U.S. Marines want name recognition
Monday, February 8th, 2010Taken from UPI
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) — Actor and Marine Corps veteran R. Lee Ermey says he backs a bill to rename the Department of the Navy the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps League, which is orchestrating the grassroots effort with Ermey, has started a petition-writing campaign to back legislation sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., The Hill reported Saturday.
“Marines have fought and died with their Navy brothers and sisters for more than 200 years,” said Michael Blum, the Marine Corps League executive director. “It’s finally time to give the Marine Corps the recognition the branch has long deserved.”
The Marine Corps League noted families of those who die in combat receive condolence letters on Navy letterhead stationery with no mention of the Marine Corps.
Congress officially created the Marine Corps on June 30, 1834 but placed the corps under the Department of the Navy.
The Marines have their own military command structure and function separately, The Hill said.
Bill that Gives Marine Corps Equal Status with Navy Moves Forward
Thursday, February 4th, 2010H.R. 24 garners top support, expected to pass the House
Washington D.C. – Feb. 2, 2010 – Legislation that would change the name of the Department of the Navy to the “Department of the Navy and Marine Corps” has gained substantial traction in recent months.
The bill (H.R. 24) on Jan. 6 advanced to the Committee on Armed Services and is expected to be heard this spring on the House of Representatives floor—for the first time. (more…)
