FYI Recent House Votes Veterans Benefits - Conference Report - Vote Passed (420-5, 7 Not Voting) The House voted to suspend the rules and adopt the conference report on a bill that would authorize $10 billion in emergency spending for care at non-Veterans Affairs facilities and allow veterans to obtain health care at such facilities if they live more than 40 miles from a VA clinic or cant get an appointment at a VA clinic within 30 days. It would provide $5 billion for expedited authority to hire more doctors, nurses and other health care professionals and would authorize leases for the opening of 27 new VA health facilities. Rep. Howard McKeon voted YES Litigation Against President - Adoption - Vote Passed (225-201, 6 Not Voting) The House voted to adopt a resolution that would authorize the speaker of the House to file a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the House against the president and other administration officials for failing to act in a manner consistent with that officials duties under the Constitution and laws of the United States to implement provisions of the 2010 health care overhaul or related laws. Rep. Howard McKeon voted YES Supplemental Border Appropriations - Passage - Vote Passed (223-189, 20 Not Voting) The House voted to pass a bill that would provide $694 million for federal agencies involved in border control and the housing and care of unaccompanied migrant children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border for the rest of fiscal 2014, including $405 million for Homeland Security Department border security and law enforcement activities. Rep. Howard McKeon voted YES
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:00:10 +0000
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