In the Senate there is ONLY 45 Members Supporting S-681, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. YET in the House Veterans Affairs Committee ONE PERSON, the Honorable Congressman Jeff Miller is deciding, since he is the Chairman that HR-969 should not go to the Floor for a VOTE, EVEN if there is more than a SUPERMAJORITY already in the House SUPPORTING the Bill. Now when I went to school I did learn the 334 is greater than 290. There is a Bill in the House of Representative, HR-969, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act that has 334 Members of the House of Representative that support the Bill. Now if you think I am talking about the President, you would be wrong. Seems Fair to me that because ONE Person decide that the bill should NOT become law then a Super Majority can over ride the VETO. BUT if over 290 of the House of Representatives votes to override the VETO and at least 67 Members of the Senator votes to overturn the VETO then the Bills because law. Now the last step mean the President can SIGN or VETO the BILL. The Senate and the House debate and vote on the bill. Committees review and vote on the bill.ģ. A member of Congress introduces a bill.Ģ. I find it amazing that in this country of ours that one PERSON has so much power that he can decide on his own if a Bill won’t become law.ġ. Any idea how long it will take us to admit the harms we caused to our own troops from the current wars?
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Imagine that, our country is still reluctant to acknowledge full responsibility for the harms we caused to our own troops from a war that ended forty years ago. These bases include Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Ohio, Pittsburgh Air National Guard Base and Westover Air Reserve Base. The proposed rule change would extend coverage under the 1991 Agent Orange Act to the reservists at numerous bases. As a result, the reservists suffered higher risks of health problems. The claim is based around a January report from the Institute of Medicine that concluded many of the reservists had been exposed to the chemical residues on the aircrafts’ interior surfaces. Reservists working on those planes are claiming entitlement to benefits from residuals of exposure to Agent Orange, the deadly herbicide our country used. Many of these planes were used in Southeast Asia during Vietnam and believed to contain harmful residue from spraying operations during the war. These veterans were reservists exposed to herbicides while working on Fairchild’s C-123 fleet from 1972-1982.
This possible change is the result of public outcry and political pressure following denial of benefits for the more than 2,000 veterans recently. The White House Office of Management and Budget this week may approve a reversal of VA’s Agent Orange policy of requiring boots on the ground for some veterans.
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