Today,
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) brought her bill, the Homeless Women Veterans and
Homeless Veterans with Children Act, to the Senate floor seeking unanimous
consent. Murray said the bill would “expand assistance for homeless women veterans and
homeless veterans with children and would increase funding and extend federal
grant programs to address the unique challenges faced by these veterans.”
However,
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objected on behalf of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) to
this seemingly non-controversial issue:
Minority
Leader McConnell: Madam president, reserving the right to object and I will
have to object on behalf of my colleague Sen. Coburn from Oklahoma. He has concerns about this
legislation, particularly as he indicates in a letter that I’ll ask the Senate
to appear on the record that it be paid for up front so
that the promises that makes the Veterans are in fact kept. So madam president
I object.
Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen said ,“This is pretty low, even for Republicans.”
While Murray pledged to continue to fight for the bill’s passage,
Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) spokesperson 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 veteran.”
Watch the
Republicans block the Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless
Veterans with Children Act:
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