In news from Capitol Hill, hundreds of disabled veterans booed and jeered Republican House members last week to protest their proposed budget for veterans’ health care. This according to a report by the Hill newspaper. The proposed 2006 budget includes a 1.1 percent increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs. But representatives from the group Disabled American Veterans said more money was needed especially to serve the large number of service members expected to return from Iraq and Afghanistan with missing limbs, mental illnesses and other service injuries.
Disabled Veterans Boo & Jeer GOP Lawmakers
HeadlineMar 14, 2005