House approves $2.1 billion more for VA health program on second try

Published July 28, 2017 4:49pm ET



The House voted Friday to give the Department of Veterans Affairs another $2.1 billion to fund the Veterans Choice Program, which lets veterans seek medical care outside the VA in certain cases.

The vote came four days after a similar bill was rejected in a 219-186 vote. While that’s a majority, Republicans called up the bill under a procedure that required a two-thirds majority vote, and all but two Democrats opposed the bill in that vote.

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