Both Parties Court Vets Vote Before Election

ByBenjamin Krause
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Congress is mining the veteran population for votes this election season and both Democrats and Republicans are trying to gain some ground this essential voting bloc. Democrats are trying to get President Obama’s Veterans Job Corps passed (with a $1 billion price tag) and Republicans want to make it a crime to lie about military honors. Both parties are working on ending the huge backlog of disability claims at the VA.

From BusinessWeek:

Senate Democrats are pushing President Barack Obama’s proposed $1 billion Veterans Jobs Corps to relieve high unemployment among servicemen and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. House Republicans are pushing a bill making it a crime to benefit from lying about military services or awards.

Lawmakers in both parties agreed this week to come up with more money to help the Veterans Administration reduce a disability claims backlog.

ABOUT FOUNDER

Benjamin Krause is an award winning veterans rights advocate, attorney, and investigative reporter fighting to advance the rights of veterans for more than a decade. His advocacy work has been featured in national publications such as Bloomberg News, Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington Times, Fox News, CBS, NBC, Star Tribune and more.

Author of the Voc Rehab Survival Guide for Veterans, Benjamin earned degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Contact Benjamin at Krause Law, PLLC with any legal questions.
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  1. Ben Krause!?!

    Too funny. I spent Tech school with you down at Keesler in the 332nd and stumbled on this site while talking about how the VA was less than helpful when I suffered a broken leg with some of my younger Airmen.

    Nice to see you’re doing well. Keep up the fight, you’re helping us all.

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