GA Senator Warnock pushing to extend benefits for spouses of deceased veterans

2024 Democratic National Convention: Day 1 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 19: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic party supporters are in Chicago for the convention, concluding with current Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party's presidential nomination. The DNC takes place from August 19-22. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

ATLANTA, GA — A federal law forcing spouses of service people killed in action to decide between love and money may soon be gone.

Right now, widows and widowers of soldiers and sailors killed on duty get a benefit.

But if that person re-marries before age 55, the benefit ends.

Democratic Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock says that is not fair.

Warnock is part of a bi-partisan push to allow benefits to military widows and widowers for life, no matter their marital status.

There are not many specific details in the Love Lives On bill just yet.

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