Well,looks like the lone Senator holding up the much needed veterans bill has been identified.
Full Article at: Coburn named as senator holding up vets bill
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 17:23:29 EST
"Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill.
Coburn has been identified by Senate aides as the lawmaker preventing consideration of S 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009, by using an informal but legal practice of putting a hold on a bill."
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