House passes veterans bills to boost compensation for many veterans amid a fight over funding

Summary

The House passed a major package of veterans bills on Veterans Day, but not without confusion and controversy, ABC News and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Thursday 12 November. The centerpiece of the package is an effort to boost compensation for an estimated 58,000 veterans who are medically retired because of combat-related injuries, an objective that has broad, bipartisan support in Congress, although lawmakers and veterans groups are not on the same page about how to get there, PBS NewsHour reported. The NY Times headlined that the House passed competing veterans bills in a fight over funding, writing that legislation addressing the retirement pay of veterans with combat-related disabilities is making its way through Congress but could collapse amid a funding clash.

Latest: The House passed a major package of veterans bills on Veterans Day, but not without confusion and controversy, ABC News and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, PBS NewsHour writing that the centerpiece is an effort to boost compensation for an estimated 58,000 veterans who are medically retired because of combat-related injuries, and The NY Times that legislation addressing the retirement pay of veterans with combat-related disabilities could collapse amid a funding clash.

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