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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (918599)2/1/2016 6:28:15 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 1575737
 
Senate rejects far-reaching Veterans Affairs bill

A broad Department of Veterans Affairs bill that would have expanded benefits for former service members and repealed a military pension cut for future troops was rejected in the Senate on Thursday.

The measure, sponsored by Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), did not garner enough Republican votes to waive a VA spending limit established under the budget Congress and President Obama approved in December. Sanders’s office estimated that his legislation, which included more than 140 provisions, would have cost $21 billion over 10 years.

On Tuesday, GOP lawmakers tried to trim the VA bill and add sanctions on Iran for that nation’s nuclear program. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) blocked those attempts.

washingtonpost.com
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