WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) announced that his bipartisan bill, the Military Spouse Hiring Act, has earned support from 100 House members, both Democrats and Republicans. The legislation addresses high military spouse unemployment rates by expanding the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to include the hiring of military spouses. This incentivizes employers to hire military spouses by allowing them to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those spouses.

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