The Boston Globe reports:
The US House of Representatives voted to increase spending on veterans' healthcare benefits by 12 percent the next fiscal year, one of the few government programs expected to see a double-digit increase.
The chamber voted, 396 to 0, for a broader spending bill that would boost program funding by $2.9 billion to $25.4 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. That includes $600 million more for mental health programs to help soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
and this hand out to the comfortable
The House voted to reject the Bush administration's proposal to impose $1.5 billion in new fees on higher-income veterans and some Defense Department retirees. Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas, used parliamentary maneuvers to strip 20 military construction projects totaling $507 million from the bill. He and other self-described conservatives contended the projects had been improperly designated as emergency spending in order to circumvent spending caps the chamber adopted.
Look at the unity in increasing government spending.Now you know why welfare for the well to do is alive and well in Washington.How about that for "fairness".
