“ The legislation, passed with bi-partisan support in the House and Senate, is an annual procedure for Congress but an important one, as it must be accomplished to ensure Veterans receive a COLA, and that it keeps pace with inflationary costs.”
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I have no idea why this MUST have Congress act each year. Why not make it simply an automatic process like the annual Social Security COLAs are?
So they can go home at election time and say: SEE WHAT I DID FOR OUR VETERANS!...................