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Subject GOP votes 'no' to build 27 new VA hospitals and expand veterans' health care

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Original Message A vote was called in the United States Senate to approve a $24 billion bill to expand federal health care and education programs for veterans. As Reuters points out, the bill would have funded the creation of 27 much needed VA hospitals and medical facilities.

"Supporters said the measure would have brought the most significant changes in decades to U.S. veterans' programs. For example, it called for 27 new medical facilities to help a healthcare system that is strained by veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars."

With 60 votes needed to pass the bill, it was shut down in partisan fashion by a vote of 56-41. All but four of the 45 Senate Republicans voted no on the bill and it was quickly forgotten. Republicans attempted to attach an amendment to the bill for increased sanctions on Iran, but there was no movement by the Democrats.

[link to www.examiner.com]

Here is the thing, this is not the only thing republicans have pushed against veteran benefits. They voted against the veteran's job bill, against building more hospitals, against increase funding, trying to take away disability rights of vets.

Hypocrites...

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