Senator blocks veterans benefits bill over cost in 'dollars and cents'

[orangecrush]

For several years, veterans groups have been pushing for legislation that would allow those wounded in combat to receive both disability benefits and retirement pay. However, a bill intended to do just that — the Major Richard Star Act — recently stalled in the Senate.

Named for an Army reserve major who died of lung cancer linked to burn pit exposure, the legislation took aim at a federal rule against “double-dipping” — one that veterans’ advocates argue has wrongly been applied to two different federal benefits.

But the legislation has faced an uphill battle in Congress, and most recently, it failed to advance after a lone senator blocked a procedural move that would have allowed the Senate to pass the bill.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on the Senate floor that his objection to the bill came down to “dollars and cents.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veterans-richard-star-act-senate/

You greedy veterans can get along fine with one prosthetic leg instead of two!



Shows how much of a fuck "baseball cap Don" really gives about the "troops".