White House blast Democrats for delaying funding for veterans care

[Bitwit1234]

Washington DC The White House is blasting Congressional Democrats for not sending a bill that would fund veteran's care programs to the presidents desk by Veter ans's Day.

"There's absolutely no reason that the veteran's bill cold not have been signed by the president today, except for the political games that the Democrats decided to play with it". White House press secretary Dana Perino said Saturday in Crawford Texas.

Congressional Democrats hat attached legislation funding veterans programs to a $160.7 billion bill that also funded a number of domestic priorities, including health, labor and educating. Democrats also added $3.7 billion to what the president budget for veterans programs.

The labor-health-education bill would increase funding by more than $10 billion over last year's funding to those programs. The president has threatened to veto the bill because of the added spending.

The president wants a clean veterans funding bill Perino said.

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So in other words bush wants a rubber stamp congress that sends him the bills with the contents that he wants. And he doesn't want them to add extra money for the Veterans, Otherwise he blasts the Democrats for not funding veterans, when he won't sign the bill.

[aquart]

1. This from the pig who cut vet benefits while he started a war?

George, our memories may be short, but we're not as senile as Ronnie.

[spanone]

2. yea, timing is everything, ain't it junior....class A asshole

[rodeodance]

3. hey jr. clean up your own house first!

[DCKit]

4. We're going to have to invent a new word to describe the enormity of this admin's hipocrisy. nt

[gratuitous]

5. Bush wants all these clean, clean, clean bills . . . now

Tough toenails, Mr. Bush. How about a funding mechanism? Like, say, ohhhhhh, I don't know, raising taxes on oil companies, mercenary contractors and some other overrich pals of George Dubya? If you want, I can put together a list . . .

[NMMNG]

6. Yeah, it's the Dems fault

Bull.

[OzarkDem]

7. Let's hope Dems find some spine

and lob a few bombs back at Bush.

[Xipe Totec]

8. What a HY-PO-CRITE

Don't know whether to laugh, cry, or :hurts: another republican.

[Fleshdancer]

9. *cough cough*

http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/11/ana03304.html

A laundry list of headlines over the past 8 years. Needless to say, I don't have time to link up each headline so please refer to the link above to access the stories below:

Back Home, Disabled Vets Fight Injuries, Red Tape
Disabled vets miss out on assistance
Broken promises to veterans
Bush to Veterans: Pay More, Wait Longer, Receive Less Health Care
Questionable Practices: Disturbing Revelations About Quality of Care at Some U.S. Veterans’ Hospitals
Guardsmen may not receive education benefits
VA's shameful duplicity at Walla Walla hospital
Guardsmen may not receive education benefits
Bush Attacks Veterans’ Benefits
Group says visits to hospital blocked
Bush alienating some military voters
Survey Results Show Strong Support for Veterans Health Care and Benefits
Returning soldiers not getting help, critics say
Vets rally to keep services
Veterans Groups Critical of Bush's VA Budget
Dismay Over Higher Fees and Staff Cuts Could Be Boon for Democratic Nominee
The Permanent Scars of Iraq
Wartime money not going toward Iraq vets' health care
Wounded U.S. veterans get a raw deal at home
Veterans say Bush overhaul of overtime will cost them
Board member wants more awareness of homeless vets
It shouldn't happen to a vet
Government Gives Few Contracts To Disabled Vets
Vets say visits restricted to U.S. wounded
Wounded "Held Captive" at Walter Reed. Disabled Vets Fire Back at Rumsfeld
Bush's Budget for 2005 Seeks to Rein In Domestic Costs
Bush drug proposal enrages veterans
Bush Pays Lipservice to Vets, Then Slashes Their Health Care
Military Medals and Pentagon Meddlers
Simmons: GOP strong-armed me on Enfeld money
A disabled Vietnam-era vet visits a Minneapolis V.A. hospital and discovers that many fellow vets oppose the Bush administration's war in Iraq
Dishonorable Discharge
Support the Troops
U.S. Opposes Money for Troops Jailed in Iraq
No amount of money -- and he means it
Bush to veterans: Drop Dead
Need up, funds down for veterans
A privacy rules undermine care: DAV is blocked from aiding newly-disabled veterans in navigating benefits, paperwork
Making the Troops Pay Twice
Duprey's story points to vets' need to know
Active Duty and Veterans Not on America's Priority List
Concurrent receipt deal still not good enough, GOP lawmaker says
President's Spending for Ex-Soldiers Falls Short of Promise to Give Them "Priority" Treatment
The legal ironies of regime change: Iraq recovers its sovereign immunity, and former U.S. POWs, former hostages, and September 11 victims' families lose out
Health problems, homelessness, awaits returning vets
Bush goes AWOL when soldiers need care
To veterans, disability pay comes with a price
Vets: Politicians failed us
Deserting Our Troops
4,150 veterans here lose from old law, study says
Newest injustice to disabled vets: Robbing Sgt. Peter to pay Sgt. Paul

:grr:

[magellan]

10. DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO

Somebody please give the psychopath in the WH a diagram showing him where he can stuff it.

[zbdent]

11. The dems sent him a bill ... he's the one playing politics with it ...