Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont stands in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, Feb. 27, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
When Donald Trump was making racist statements about Hispanics, pandering to the GOP base, republicans for the most part remained silent. Unwilling to further expose themselves and their record that mirrors that of Trump - and not just on on immigration.
Republicans Seek To Cut Benefits for Disabled Veterans
2011
Remember Michele Bachmanns’s attempted $4 billion cut from disabled veteranscompensation? Well, “they’re ba-ack…” Except this time they are looking to cut away at our VA healthcare.
Republicans derail Senate veterans bill
2014
Senate Republicans on Thursday derailed a sweeping $21 billion bill that would have expanded medical, educational and other benefits for veterans — in another chapter of the ongoing feud over amendments, spending and new sanctions on Iran.
Republicans block Senate bill to boost veterans' benefits
2014
Republicans used a procedural move to block the bill after Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont chided GOP lawmakers about their priorities
"I personally, I have to say this honestly, have a hard time understanding how anyone could vote for tax breaks for billionaires, for millionaires, for large corporations, and then say we don't have the resources to protect our veterans," said Senator Sanders, the measure's chief author.
Even Redstates' Erick Erickson weighed in | Dec. 2013:
Paul Ryan & the GOP Must Own the Cuts to Veterans Benefits
House Republicans overwhelming approved the plan before it even made it to Harry Reid for a vote. The Republicans could have restored the cuts themselves in the House. Instead, they voted for the plan with the cuts to veterans benefits and went home.
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This is not Harry Reid’s fault. This is Paul Ryan’s fault, John Boehner’s fault, and the House Republicans’ fault. They rushed the plan through without fixing it. To blame Harry Reid for what they themselves did is just crass partisan politics.
These cited stories are but a few exposing the low down GOP
Admittedly not much of a diary, but the republican hypocrisy, and to what depths the RNC will stoop to put another GOP elite approved puppet into the Whitehouse phased me