Democrats once again fail the US military VETS

LAWMAKERS NEARLY PASSED THREE MAJOR VA REFORM BILLS THIS WEEK.  NOW THAT PLAN IS DEAD.  


Yes, this is almost a week old but I am publishing this anyway to once again show the TRUTH about the 'demo-RATS' to our military. 
  

Leo Shane III    
March 21 2018


One GOOD POINT about the article below - The Omnibus Bill is NOT A LAW! It is merely the ignorant demo-RATS agreeing to funding and, as usual, believing that funding will be done according to THEIR plans!  But THE PRESIDENT HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS TO BE FUNDED AND WHAT IS NOT TO BE FUNDED!  He
IS funding various allocations to the military - to make up for all the years the Obama dictatorship literally did nothing for the military.   

 Pelosi

House Democrats block veterans’ health care bill

 

WASHINGTON — House appropriators released their omnibus budget bill on Wednesday without a proposed package of veterans reforms included, a missed opportunity that has lawmakers and veterans groups worried whether the ideas will ever move forward.

The $1.3 trillion spending package — which includes the full fiscal 2018 funding for the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies — must be passed by the end of the week to avoid another partial government shutdown. Officials released the overall spending parameters for the budget in last month, but worked out funding details for the massive measure in recent days.

The must-pass nature of the legislation made it a target for a host of special interest items, including the proposed VA reforms.

The package circulated among lawmakers and outside advocates called for an overhaul of VA community care programs — the White House’s top legislative priority for the department this year — along with an expansion of veteran caregiver benefits and a review of the VA system’s national footprint.

All three issues have been the center of contentious fights on Capitol Hill, and the compromise package was hailed by veterans groups in a letter to congressional leaders as a step that would “measurably improve the lives of millions of veterans today and in the future.”

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee agreed to the plan, as did House Republican leaders. But House Democrats raised a host of objections to the idea in recent days, sidelining the possible reforms for now.

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https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/03/22/lawmakers-nearly-passed-three-major-va-reform-bills-this-week-now-that-plan-is-dead/