No Vacation Until Congress Fixes VA, Democrats Demand – Roll Call

No Vacation Until Congress Fixes VA, Democrats Demand

Iraq veteran Gabbard is one of 116 lawmakers demanding that Congress pass a Veterans Affairs reform bill before the August recess. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

By David Eldridge

Posted July 25, 2014 at 6:31pm

A group of 116 Democrats on Friday sent a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner and to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging the congressional leaders to keep Congress in session until both chambers can agree on a Veterans Affairs reform bill. Efforts to marry divergent reform bills in the House and Senate broke down Thursday with little more than a week left before Congress is scheduled to leave for a month-long recess.

See the full text of the letter here.

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