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VFW Washington Weekly - January 25, 2008
Posted at 4:25 PM on Friday, January 25, 2008 by post824 in VFW News
In This Issue:1. Senate Veterans' Disability Compensation Hearing
2. Edwards to Receive VFW Congressional Award
3. VFW Testifies to Improve GI Bill
4. House Health Care Bill Hearing
5. Military Retiree Alert
6. Defense Bill Cleared for Second Time
1. Senate Veterans' Disability Compensation Hearing: The VFW testified this week on behalf of the Independent Budget on the findings and recommendations of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission. The hearing was the first of several that the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee plans to hold on the VA's current disability ratings schedule. VFW testimony focused on proposals made by the VDBC in three critical areas: the schedule for rating disabilities, quality of life, and individual unemployability. The four VSOs who make up the IB believe that any changes to the current rating schedule should be made after a thorough review by experts in a variety of disciplines, and any change should benefit all veterans. For our testimony and more from the hearing, visit the Senate VA website at: http://veterans.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?pageid=16&release_id=11504
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VFW Washington Weekly - January 4, 2008
Posted at 4:57 PM on Friday, January 4, 2008 by post824 in VFW News
In This Issue:
1. Emergency VA Funding on Hold
2. Congress on Break
3. Bush Vetoes NDAA
4. Reserve Retirement Bill Introduced
1. Emergency VA Funding on Hold: Before the holiday break, Congress passed an historic funding bill that gave the VA the largest increase in its history, one that fully meets the needs laid out by the VFW and the Independent Budget. The large funding bill included a sizeable $2.9 billion increase for veterans' health care and benefits. There is an additional $3.7 billion in potential veterans funding that VA could receive, but only if the President declares it "emergency spending." Without that declaration, VA will not get that additional increase. Please contact the President to ask him to release the "emergency" funding for VA. The current increase, while appreciated, is not enough, and VA must have the additional $3.7 billion to fully meet the needs of all veterans. Below is the link to the Legislative Alert the VFW sent out this week to encourage quick action on the funding. The President must make the declaration by Jan. 18. Logon here to help: http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm
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