Posted on 05/27/2014 10:40:26 AM PDT by lbryce
On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives easily passed the Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act (H.R. 4031) -- a new bill making its way through the federal legislature that would bring more accountability to the VA. The bill earned strong bipartisan support (390/33) with only Democrats voting against it. However, when Republicans tried to bring it up for a vote on the Senate floor, socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) objected on the grounds that although the bill had many important provisions, Senate Democrats needed more time to debate the merits of the legislation. They have therefore scheduled a hearing to discuss the bill sometime in early June. Apparently cleaning up corruption at the VA can wait.
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Yer a poet an’ ya know it...
Nah! I just use my attempt at poetry to condense ideas into soundbites.
If he’s shocked then he needs to be in an insane asylum.
All good, brother.
I just take the direct method...
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