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In the News: Hotels for Heroes

By Terry Trucco

In the News | tags: Congress, Congressman C.A.Dutch Ruppersberger, Hero Miles, hotels, Hotels for Heroes, Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Armed Forces | October 31, 2011

Congress can’t agree on much. But a new piece of legislation regarding hotels could bring the two sides together at least momentarily.

Introduced today by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md) and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md), the legislation would create a program that allows Americans to donate hotel reward points to members of the Armed Forces traveling to receive health care and to their visiting families. The proposed program, Hotels for Heroes, complements the national Hero Miles program that provides free round-trip flights through donated miles for wounded soldiers recovering at military or veterans’ medical centers as well as their friends and families. (more…)

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