Lawmakers Push For 100 Percent Advance Funding For Va

[pacmanx1]

WASHINGTON — Nobody wants veterans used as political pawns. Stopping that from happening is another matter.

On Wednesday, lawmakers from the House and Senate veterans affairs committee rallied with veterans advocacy groups outside the Capitol in support of plans to fully fund all VA operations a year in advance, to remove those support programs from partisan congressional budget fights.

http://www.stripes.com/lawmakers-push-for-100-percent-advance-funding-for-va-1.249826

[justrluk]

Similar to a comment in another thread - this needs to be on a 2- to 3-year appropriation.

[Vync]

Excellent find, Pete. Crossing fingers...

[jbasser]

They have been doing this for years but it never goes anywhere.

J

[meghp0405]

I agree with jbasser, this has been going on for years, but it seems like it only surfaces during the election time frame. This needs to be passed which would alleviate the veterans being used as pawns in any of the politicians chess games. JMHO