Today, lawmakers in the House and Senate unveiled an agreement to reform the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs by pumping $17 billion in emergency funding into expanded access to outside care as well as more doctors, nurses and health care facilities. The deal was struck during weekend talks between Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman, and his counterpart in the upper chamber, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., after their clash over spending last week threatened to scuttle a month-long effort by Congress to reach a compromise on VA reform.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:06:26 +0000
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