WASHINGTON — “Lost amid the coverage of debt ceiling votes lawmakers took this week was a bill — approved Tuesday in the House and Wednesday in the Senate — to undo a cut to veterans’ benefits. Congress instituted the cuts just two months ago.
“Everyone from Minnesota except Reps. Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum voted to undo the cuts, a 1 percent reduction in the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied annually to retired, 20-year veterans’ pensions before they turn 62. The cut was part of a December budget deal and would have saved $6 billion over 10 years, with the cut itself starting in 2015.”
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This reduction was contained in the omnibus legislation (H.J.RES.59.ENR) under this section: Sec. 402. Annual Adjustment of Retired Pay and Retainer Pay Amounts for Retired Members of the Armed Forces Under Age 62″ of passed by the House of Representatives in December 2013.” Bills and resolutions are filled with pet projects of these “elected public servants” also known as “hogs at the trough.” And right-clinging Joe Pitt$ voted “yea” in support of all the projects in this resolution. So did Joe sell out veterans? Looks like it.
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