Disabled Veterans lost another battle!

[Gimpy]

Looks like we lost again my fellow veterans.

Had this amendment passed, the Veterans Health Care System would have been ASSURED that the funds necessary for continuing and improving our health care would be in place every year without having to go through the 'political' process of 'bugetary' calculations and appropriations.

As you well know, this has always been subject to the political 'whims' and political infighting, especially in these recent years.

The VA Budget for health care has come up 'short' every single year for the past few years with drastic ramifications for veterans who depend on the VA for their health care.

The Disabled American Veterans web site has a 'pre-written' letter you can send your Senators to either thank them for voting 'Yay', or hopefully to express your anger and outrage at them for voting 'Nay'.


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Senate Amendment 1937

Results of Stabenow Amendment, October 6, 2005


On October 5, 2005, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) offered an amendment to H.R. 2863, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2006. Senate amendment 1937 would have provided funds for VA medical care through a combination of discretionary and mandatory funds. Unlike the broken discretionary process, this would have provided a sufficient funding level in a timely manner.

The amendment was defeated by a vote of 51-48. The roll call vote is posted on our web site, along with letters to your Senators, based on how they voted. Please take a moment to send the prepared e-mail to your Senators, either thanking them for their favorable vote or expressing your disappointment in their unfavorable vote. The correct letter or letters will come up when you enter your zip code.

As always, thank you for your support.

The vote 'TALLY' is below.

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S.AMDT.1937

Amends: H.R.2863

Sponsor: Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] (submitted 10/3/2005) (proposed 10/5/2005)

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:


To ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.

Yea: 48 Members

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Thune (R-SD)
Wyden (D-OR)

Nay: 51 members

Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

Not voting: 1

Corzine (D-NJ)

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