‘Outrageous’
Senate Republicans on Thursday derailed a comprehensive bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have expanded health care, education and job-training programs for veterans. The legislation failed to overcome a Republican parliamentary maneuver that required 60 votes to keep the bill alive. American Legion national commander Daniel M. Dellinger was blunt. “I don’t know how anyone who voted ‘no’ today can look a veteran in the eye and justify that vote.” On CNN on Friday morning, New Day host Chris Cuomo called what happened “outrageous.” Sanders, the Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman, said he will fight to revive the bill. “We are not going to give up on our veterans,” he said at a news conference after the vote. “At some point, we are going to pass this legislation.”
