Posted on 06/02/2014 2:54:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A refashioned bill to address problems plaguing the Veterans Affairs Department should be approved by the Senate as soon as possible, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would give the VA authority to immediately remove senior executives based on poor job performance while preventing “wholesale political firings” that Sanders said could be allowed under a similar bill approved by the House.
The Senate bill also would allow veterans who can’t get timely appointments with VA doctors to go to community health centers, military hospitals or private doctors and would authorize VA to lease 27 new health facilities in 18 states. …
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Wonder when Harry dreams if he dreams of the HANGMAN that will ultimately determine his fate..?..
The same Bernie Sanders who said just last week that they couldn’t vote on the GOP sponsored VA Accountability bill because nobody had read all 3 pages.
Military hospitals? Lease more buildings?
Great ideas, Harry. Maybe we could import some Democrat-voting witch doctors, too.
‘Cause they care about the troops and the veterans. [spit]
The Senate bill also would allow veterans who can’t get timely appointments with VA doctors to go to community health centers, military hospitals or private doctors and would authorize VA to lease 27 new health facilities in 18 states. …
How many of these new facilities does the corrupt little crook reid have interest in and how much money will he get?
The Democrats... They exacerbate a problem then act as if they are legislating to SAVE it.
That’s the leftist formula: Create a problem and impose the “solution”, which leads to more problems to be “solved”.
Typical Democrat solution. It’s screwed up from the cook shack to the tail block so let’s just expand it.
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