Opposition grows to bill banning dog testing at the VA

The American Legion, which is the biggest wartime veterans organization in the U.S., is urging the Senate to strip out language from a major spending bill that would ban most medical testing on dogs at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The House easily approved the language as part of a package of four spending bills in July, and the amendment from Reps. Dave Brat, R-Va., and Dina Titus, D-Nev., was passed in a voice vote. The Senate was set to start work on those bills this week.