Tag: Veterans

Veteran, 99, honored for leading band during WWII

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2014 10:11 am

On the last day before Congress takes a five-week summer recess, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., checks her watch for a scheduled vote after speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Yesterday, Republicans pushed through legislation to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority, Democrats have branded the effort a political charade and an effort by top Republicans to mollify conservatives who want Obama to be impeached. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress oks VA, highway bills, not border measure

David Espo · August 1, 2014 1:11 am

FILE - This July 22, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert McDonald testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate negotiators have approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans' long waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover up delays. The action comes as the Senate is set to vote Tuesday to confirm former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new VA secretary, replacing Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson. (AP Photo)

Congress sends VA overhaul to White House

Matthew Daly · August 1, 2014 12:52 am

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, part of the Joining Forces initiative, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady expands effort to end vet homelessness

Stacy Anderson · July 31, 2014 7:36 pm

House approves VA health care overhaul

Matthew Daly · July 31, 2014 12:44 am

FILE - This July 22, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert McDonald testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate negotiators have approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans' long waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover up delays. The action comes as the Senate is set to vote Tuesday to confirm former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new VA secretary, replacing Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson. (AP Photo)

Senate confirms McDonald as VA secretary

Matthew Daly · July 29, 2014 9:40 pm

Eight things in the Veterans Affairs reform deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2014 9:00 am

Deal to improve veterans’ health care costs $17B

Matthew Daly · July 28, 2014 8:47 pm

VIDEO: Bernie Sanders and Jeff Miller unveil Veterans Affairs plan

Lisa Ruhl · July 28, 2014 8:19 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., co-authored a $17 billion plan to overhaul the way the nationâs veterans obtain medical care, including a $10 billion provision to privatize services to help shorten long wait times. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Lawmakers unveil $17 billion bill to reform Veterans Affairs

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2014 6:06 pm

The chairs of the Veterans Affairs committee have reached a deal on legislation to reform the embattled agency and will introduce the bill this afternoon on Capitol Hill.

Morning Examiner with Steve Doty for July 28

Steve Doty · July 28, 2014 11:57 am

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, right, speaks with House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller during a meeting of the Senate-House Veterans Affairs Conference Committee June 24, 2014 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Lawmakers reach accord on Veterans Affairs bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 27, 2014 10:49 pm