[Makana]

I was sad to see this was dropped from the 2,200+ page bill.

[Redleg Duke]

Sure, screw the Vets, fund murdering more infants in the womb and deny funding for the wall.

The DC UniParty needs serious trimming in November!

[Blennos]

Sometimes I wonder what the point is of the Republican Party. They behave little differently whether in power or out of power. For all intends and purposes, this is a Democrat Party spending bill.

[mad_as_he$$]

I am going to go and puke now.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

@#$%^&!

As a Vet who has excellent heath care through her VA, this annoys the heck outta me!

Even though we have 20 or so hospitals and clinics for Vets, we have so many vets that live far away from care, or those that have a hard time getting transportation when needed.

I’ll be calling Senator Ron Johnson, today! Jerks!

Really? How hard IS it to set priorities? Not taking care of your Wounded Warriors needs to be on TOP of everyone’s list! Grrrr!

(And I have no health issues to date; I’m on no meds, no physical ailments. I’m not worried about myself; I am worried about my fellow service members who are worse off than I am.)

[TADSLOS]

More Jackassery.

[Flick Lives]

There are only two ways Washington will ever be reformed.
The 1st is if it is nuked from orbit.
The 2nd is if it is nuked from orbit.

[tennmountainman]

Chuckie gets his tunnel project.
Our Vets get screwed and
we get no wall funding.

Trump should veto.

[Drumbo]

This is totally unacceptable. It's time for President Trump to pick up the veto pen and send these @$$clowns back to work.

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[dforest]

I am tired of Democrats running the wheels in DC.

We did not vote for this crap.

Go to WH.gov and tell President Trump that we will not stand for this betrayal.

This bill is over 2330 pages and is supposed to be voted on today when only 4 traitors know what is in it.

Forget the wall, this is a fence, more money for drug war than wall
funding for PP
funding for sanctuary cities
funding for obamacare when we were promised repeal
etc, all crap

I am so disgusted and if Trump signs this it will make a liar out of him.

And RATs and RINOs want that. A 1.3 trillion dollar betrayal.

[airborne]

Expanding the caregiver funding to include pre- 9/11 veterans was something I was in DC this month to advocate for.

While the bean counters only see the cost, they do not take into account the savings of having an in-home caregiver ($19,000.00 per year) to a State Home ($50,000.00) to a nursing home ($200,000.00 or more). Not even taking into account the improved quality of life.

[DoodleDawg]

Griffin Anderson, a spokesman for Democrats on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said they were against a measure to expand caregiver benefits because it didn't provide a clear way to fund those changes.

The only time the Democrats care if something is funded is when they are not the majority party. Unfortunately the same is true with the Republicans.

[House Atreides]

VETO this piece of Establishment Crap and continue with MAGA!

[M Kehoe]

F’em.

Especially Ryan and McConnell.

5.56mm

[cranked]

Trump had better not sign this POS bill.....

[novemberslady]

From the link...

The option of more choices in health care for veterans was a promise that President Donald Trump offered during his election campaign. The crux of the dispute is how far veterans' health care should be pushed into the private sector.

Everyone involved in negotiations seems to agree the next iteration of the program should do away with the rules that allow veterans to go into the private sector only when they live more than 40 miles driving distance from a VA facility or have to wait longer than 30 days for an appointment.

But House Democrats think the Senate's proposal -- the one intended for inclusion in the spending bill -- "makes virtually zero changes to eligibility from the current, arbitrary 30-day, 40 mile rule," Anderson said.


I think it's amazing that someone on Medicaid can go to any doctor or hospital and not pay a cent.

And no one on Medicaid has a 30 day rule, more than 40 mile rule for their treatment.

And with that 40 mile rule, the VA does not take into consideration the travel time to go to the VA facility.

[txrefugee]

But Planned Parenthood,sanctuary cities, and Obamacare
are fully funded by our tax-dollars plus credit from our Chinese bond holders. What a disaster. Jim Jordan, conservative from Ohio, says this is the worst budget bill he has ever seen, surpassing anything from the Obama years.

Email the President at whitehouse.org TODAY and tell him to VETO this horrible sell-out by Republican leaders in the House and Senate or conservatives will stay home in November.

[PAR35]

Idiot reporter badly needs a copy editor to keep her from embarrassing herself with sentences like this:

“A deal collapsed Wednesday to include multiple Department of Veterans Affairs reforms in a spending bill that Congress formulated to prevent a government shutdown.”

Her journalism profs should have spent more time on structure and style than or social justice and advocacy.

[Harpotoo]

Vets are always getting EF’d! I was promised Health Care for Life with my service but it was taken away from me via the implementation of means testing. Promise broken whether I need it or not!

[redcatcherb412]

Not expanding the Choice program will suck. I have been saved more than a few 8 hour round trips to the ABQ VA hospital with the program. Being able to get faster care only a few miles from home compared to an almost 200 mile drive one way is a blessing.

[Georgia Girl 2]

But they are expanding the H2-B visa program. And no money for the wall. If Trump signs this thing you can kiss the midterms goodbye.