Republicans outraged over treatment of veterans filibustered better health care for vets in February

McConnell's team filibustered veterans' healthcare improvements only weeks ago.

McConnell's team filibustered veterans' healthcare improvements only weeks ago.

Someday the Republicans and Fox News will be outraged enough about our treatment of veterans that they will agree to do something about it. Why, Reince Priebus is beside himself.

Don't bet on it, though; remember, it was less than three months ago that they again blocked the expansion of health care programs for those same veterans:

U.S. Senate Republicans blocked legislation on Thursday that would have expanded federal healthcare and education programs for veterans, saying the $24 billion bill would bust the budget.

Even though the legislation cleared a procedural vote on Tuesday by a 99-0 vote, the measure quickly got bogged down in partisan fighting. [...]

Referring to recent budget deals that aim to bring down federal deficits, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama said: "This bill would spend more than we agreed to spend. The ink is hardly dry and here we have another bill to raise that spending again."

"Partisan fighting" means the Republican senators filibustered it.