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The already fierce debate on the debt ceiling turned more contentious this week as Republicans and Democrats feud over veterans' benefits. The already fierce debate over the debt ceiling turned more contentious this week as Republicans and Democrats feud over the politically explosive issue of veteran s' Health care and other benefits . Democrats can be expected to hit their claims hard when the Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing Thursday on the potential impact of House Republicans' 2024 budget. President Joe Biden and his congressional allies are accusing House Republicans of voting to cut funding for veteran s' services when they narrowly passed the budget proposal last week. Republicans have shot back that Democrats are "shamelessly lying." The bitter back-and-forth comes as lawmakers face a fast-approaching June deadline to reach a solution on the debt ceiling or risk an unprecedented default that would wreak havoc on the economy. MORE: House De...

Hours before the Maine mass shooting, the Senate approved an amendment that could limit background checks for veterans and service members with mental health issues. Hours before a suspect, a U.S. Army reservist with mental Health concerns, fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday, the Senate approved an amendment that could scale back background check requirements for some veteran s and service members with mental Health issues. The amendment was authored by Republican Sens. John Kennedy and Jerry Moran, who had concerns that veterans could lose gun rights. It prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from reporting certain veterans to the National Criminal Background Check system when their finances are being managed by a conservator at the VA. According to Kennedy, under current law, if the Department of Veterans Affairs steps in to help manage a veteran's financial benefits in a conservatorship, the VA is required to report that veteran to the criminal backg...