Veteranclaims’s Blog

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

“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.”