A bill that would have expanded benefits for tens of thousands of veterans is dead — pulled from the House floor after Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins undermined his own party's legislation with conflicting guidance, and both parties found reasons to let it die rather than deliver for the people who served.
VA Secretary Collins Helped Kill Veterans Bill as Both Parties Let It Die
Republicans fumbled the benefits expansion, Democrats opposed the funding, and veterans got nothing.
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