Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Where is the Help for Homeless Veterans?

Sorry for being late, it has been a busy couple of days. I will try much better trying to post veteran issues on a daily basis. I stated in the previous articles, that there were 107,000 homeless veterans in the United States that are in need of help. This country finally stepped up to the plate with Sen. Patty Murray’s (D-Wash) bill on homeless a veteran that was bound to be passed by the floor. With Bipartisan support on June 29th, 2010 it was approved out of committee and ready to help the 107,000 homeless veterans.THIS DID NOT HAPPEN!Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) objected on behalf of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who apparently was concerned about funding.

In a statement, Jim Manley, a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said, "Republicans have their priorities backwards -- according to them, it's OK to give tax breaks to CEOs who send American jobs overseas, but not to help out-of-work Americans and homeless veterans. As we've seen time and again, Republicans just want to protect special interests instead of working with Democrats to stand up for the middle class and get our economy back on track."

Senator Casey and Senator Specter how can this happen? If the budget is what we are concerned about, do we really need to hurt the veteran?
Sen. Tom Coburn you took the Hippocratic Oath to be a doctor, please does no harm to us as veterans.

I will say it again a veteran fights for our freedom then comes home and fights for their benefits.

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