Pelosi rejects GOP solution to prevent veteran bonus clawbacks

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday demanded a permanent solution to the problem of collecting millions of dollars worth of illegally paid bonuses from veterans, and said the Republican answer isn’t good enough.

Pelosi welcomed the Defense Department’s decision to halt the process of collecting these bonuses, which had drawn outrage from Republicans and Democrats as the press reported that some veterans had no ability to pay. The bonuses were improperly awarded to members of the California National Guard years ago, either fraudulently or by accident.