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US Senate Republicans blocked the Veteran's Health

Posted: May 21, 2014

And now they're blaming the President for this problem...
I find it sad that they couldn't find room for this in their budget, but had no problem with the cost of the government shutdown. How much did THAT cost?

(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans blocked legislation on Thursday that would have expanded federal healthcare and education programs for veterans, saying the $24 billion bill would bust the budget.

Even though the legislation cleared a procedural vote on Tuesday by a 99-0 vote, the measure quickly got bogged down in partisan fighting.

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With Democrats pressing for passage this week, Senate Republicans, backed by their leader, Mitch McConnell, attempted to attach controversial legislation calling for possible new sanctions on Iran that President Barack Obama opposes.

"The issue of Iran sanctions ... has nothing to do with the needs of veterans," complained Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernard Sanders of Vermont, the main sponsor of the bill.

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In December, Congress passed a two-year budget deal that included a reduction in veterans' pension benefits. Weeks later, Congress did an about-face and repealed many of the cuts.

And early this week, with the initial 99-0 procedural vote on Sanders' bill, the Senate appeared to be delivering a strong show of support for veterans, only to see the legislation die in the Senate with Thursday's vote.

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It's time to call the Pubs OUT for this! - OBSTRUCTIONISM

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Nonpartisan patriots will support ALL efforts to correct the problems within the VA.

PERIOD!!!!!!!!!

It's time to call out the d/c's for not doing anything - and with THEIR obstructionism

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Actually its time to call all individuals out who have done nothing. Guess what? A majority of them dems/c's.

PERIOD!!!!!!!!

Unfortunately, the Republicans hold the - sm

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power in the house (for now). If the Dems held the power, you would see a productive Congress, not the whiny little sissy Republicans who are too full of raging hatred to be able to do their jobs. They're an embarrassment. If people are laughing at us overseas, THAT'S the reason why.

Not as much as you think. Do some research. Why did Bozo (sm) - LM

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pay extra workers to block off the Veterans Memorial so they couldn't visit it? Huh?

He sure knows how to show respect for them. - That was disgraceful.

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The dims' new buzz word is obstructionism. Wonder which clown they learned that from? Doesn't take a lot to figure out who's really obstructing whom. Harry, oh, Harry...

Deflecting. - nm

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I remembered that the Republican partial - sm

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shutdown of the government affected the parks programs, and so I DID do some research. (See link below.)

Once again, as usual, you blame the Democrat for what the REPUBLICANS did.

They blocked 7 Veteran's bills. - sm

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H.R. 466 â�� Wounded Veteran Job Security Act became H. R. 2875.

H.R. 1168 -- Veterans Retraining Act

H.R. 1171 â�� Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Reauthorization

H.R. 1172 -- Requiring List on VA Website of Organizations Providing Scholarships for Veterans

H.R. 1293 -- Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009

H.R. 1803 -- Veterans Business Center Act

H.R. 2352 â�� Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act

Crickets chirping? - nm

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