who cares... they probably need the dam fixed in Kentucky... CO certainly could use some help after the intense flooding there... and a body or company paying out a benefit to the widow of a former member is just common decency.
If all it took to get McConnell to do this was to fix a dam in Kentucky... then good for McConnell.
A state whose registered voters elect the likes of Rand Paul and Sir Turtle doesn't deserve functioning dams. It would seem that they voted, more or less, to
not get their damn dam fixed.
Widow's benefits are generally not to be expected unless the dead spouse died "in the line of duty" (i.e. police, firemen) or their employer was somehow responsible for their death, in which case a civil judgment would function as survivors' benefits. Neither of these things apply to Frank Lautenberg's death. Furthermore, he was a very wealthy man when he died and his widow should have no trouble managing on the fortune he has left behind.
