Veterans Connect

House Republicans suffered a surprising setback during a full chamber vote on veterans funding Monday which put in doubt the future of the controversial Veterans Affairs Choice Program, with just days left to find another solution. A proposed fix that would have provided $2 billion to the health care program over the next six months […]

Republicans in Congress blocked a vote on legislation that many ill veterans want that bill would have allowed VA doctors to prescribe medical marijuana. The bill, known as “Veterans Equal Access” amendment, would have moved to debate on the House floor. Instead, the House Rules Committee stopped the bill by excluding it from the House’s […]