Senators John McCain, Lindsay Graham and other GOP’S blocked a 21 billion Veterans Bill

The Bill would have expanded federal healthcare and education programs for veterans, the Senate GOP said the $24 billion bill would bust the budget.  However, the same unpatriotic Republicans that betrayed the Veterans find it fitting to display outrage for the Veterans Administrations fallibilities.

 

 

In a shameful display of partisan obstruction by the Mitch McConnell led Senate Republicans that blocked the bill that would have improved veterans benefits.

 

 

Senate Republicans blocked the veteran’s bill by using a procedural maneuver to invoke the 60 vote rule. The final vote to waive the budget point of order failed, 56-41. Only two Republicans (Sen. Dean Heller and Sen. Jerry Moran) joined with Democrats on the vote.

 

 

(Reuters) – “U.S. Senate Republicans blocked legislation 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 by a 99-0 vote, the measure quickly got bogged down in partisan fighting.

 

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.”

 

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98% of the Country is Middle-Class or Poor, and yet they repeatedly vote Republicans into office, that is against their own interest!

The Republicans in the House and in the Senate have literally brought the country to a “standstill,” and the Majority Leader should do something about it.

 

There are many areas to criticize President Obama, but, there are areas where his policies have worked for the good of the country.

 

Look at the where the stock Market is today and contrast that with 2008! People’s 401K Plans and Pension Funds were almost wiped out, however, with the S & P doing very well, people can “live” again.

 

The unemployment that was so unbelievably bad, has bounced back and even though it is not perfect, unemployment today is far better than when Obama took office.

 

Wall Street dishonesty catapulted by Republicans indulgence to “only” protect the rich, crashed the housing market for the “working-class,” and it literally fell off the cliff, but in the recent years, we are rebounding!

 

America’s Automotive Industry was saved due this President and his predecessor, George W. Bush, willingness to not give a hand-out, but rather, a helping hand.

 

AIG – The world’s largest Insurance Company if allowed to fail it would have cost the Tax-Payers 1.5 Trillion. That too was saved and AIG have repaid all of the loans that were made by the Federal Government.

 

When you think about it, the House Republicans have voted 37 times to repeal Obamacare, and they are at it again, going for a 38 Vote, while other very important legislation are tossed by the way-side!

 

The recklessness by the Republicans does truly hurt the Middle-Class and the Poor and even though 98% of the country is in that category, they still vote these people into office! Why do people vote against their own best interest, I will never know!

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