Reply #2: Did you see where the DAV has written off the repugnants?

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Democrats seek veterans' support

David Espo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


WASHINGTON -- David Gorman of the Disabled American Veterans says Democrats "right now are the only audience we have" that is receptive to calls for additional federal money for more than 26 million men and women who served in the military.

"There's nobody on the other side who will do anything about it," he says of the congressional Republicans who hold power.

Election-year wartime exaggeration or not, it is a welcome assessment to the Democratic leaders in Congress, Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California. They began courting veterans' votes long before decorated Vietnam War veteran John Kerry emerged as their party's presidential nominee.

Executive director Gorman commented after a two-day period in which Pelosi and Daschle forced votes on two proposals backed by veterans' groups: a short-term infusion of funds and costlier restructuring of the financing for health benefits.

Republicans rejected both. It was an outcome that Democrats expected and hope to turn to their advantage.

"Providing for our veterans should not be a partisan issue, but sadly there are real differences between the parties at this time," Pelosi said later.

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