{"id":37923,"date":"2013-10-10T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T19:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37923"},"modified":"2013-10-10T15:44:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T19:44:34","slug":"senate-vote-for-death-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37923","title":{"rendered":"Senate votes for death benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of our ninjas send us a link to CNN<\/a> which reports that the Senate has voted to approve the death benefit for troops’ families that need it;<\/p>\n

The move came at the insistence of Republican senators who said they wanted a legislative fix to fund the benefits despite a plan finalized by the Obama administration Wednesday to have a private charity\u2013Fisher House\u2013cover the cost of the benefits until the government shutdown is resolved.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the push by Republicans was “unnecessary” because benefits were now flowing, but he said he would not block a unanimous consent agreement proposed by Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the second-ranking Senate Republican.<\/p>\n

“This issue is largely moot. It’s clear the action on this legislation is just for show,” Reid said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, it was moot earlier when Congress approved paying the entire Pays and Allowances Table, which included the death benefit, but the partisan Department of Defense decided not to pay it in order to make an issue that didn’t exist and then the White House could swoop in and save the day by making Fisher house pay the benefit. Of course, Fisher House wouldn’t be reimbursed unless Congress had authorized the payments – which they did in the original bill that was passed earlier this week.<\/p>\n

I guess everyone gets a chance to act like they’re doing something to fix a problem that didn’t really exist. But, at least, Hagel can’t hide now. <\/p>\n

In other stupid news<\/a>, “Tears” Boehner has announced that he’s ready to cave in to the president on the debt ceiling;<\/p>\n

After meeting with his caucus, House Speaker John Boehner said Republicans want substantive talks with President Barack Obama and Democrats on reducing the nation’s chronic federal deficits and debt in return for removing the immediate threat of default.<\/p>\n

Sources said the House GOP measure would extend the debt ceiling until November 22.<\/p>\n

Boehner said the proposal that could be voted on by the House as soon as Friday would offer the temporary increase in the debt ceiling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So we can through all of this shit again over Thanksgiving. Yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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