John Kerry supports our troops- & VA can't handle Iraq War Veterans

[nolies32fouettes]

The Republican party has burried tons of VA bills into different committees. The result is that our system can not handle all the vets returning from the field.

Check this out:

http://www.progressiveu.org/021643-will-we-fail-our-veterans-va-not-equipped-to-handle-cases-and-legislation-to-help-is-neglected-by-majority-party


You really have to see how many bills were burried.

(I can not copy the thread because it has read only protection.)

[beachmom]

1. Thanks for the info. n/t

[annabanana]

2. yikes...

Another time-bomb the repugs are sliding under the rug on their way out...

[blm]

8. These are the FACTS they hide while they use corpmedia to mount attacks on lawmakers

who really HAVE been supporting the troops in every way, shape and form for their entire careers.

Projection, thy name is GOP smear machine.

[MeDeMax]

3. thanks, I had heard -- n/t

[Monkeyman]

4. They would not fund vets

Every Replug failed grades given by VSO's. Funding is so bad vets are dying. Staff is so short at the VA's waiting list are growing by the day. 2500 homeless vets from Iraq are that way because of these waiting list. PTSD cases from this war zone are finding no help.600,000 Veterans last year denied or put on waiting list for health care. Democrats tried to fund the VA Replugs said no

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. so much for "support our troops"

Looks to me that the only "support" the rwingers want to give is a ticket to Iraq-given to someone else's child, not theirs.

[ray of light]

6. Amazing the amount of bills sitting in limbo.

[ray of light]

7. Partial clips. (Only firefox copies)

Jeez! This is BIG NEWS! It's literally a double-edged sword. In previous wars, these soldiers would have died, but with 'advanced battlefield medical care' seriously wounded soldiers may live, BUT our VA system is UNEQUIPPED to handle them.

~snip~

And if you're a Vet and you believed that lie before the election, read this link from Thomas.loc.gov of John Kerry's bills he presented that nobody took action on:

1. <109th> S.138 : A bill to make improvements to the microenterprise
programs administered by the Small Business Administration.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 1/24/2005) Cosponsors
(2)
Committees: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Latest Major Action: 1/24/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship.

2. <109th> S.460 : A bill to expand and enhance benefits for members of
the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 2/18/2005) Cosponsors
(None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/18/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

WAY more at the link