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Don Young persistently votes to shortchange Veterans
Don Young claims to recognize our obligation to care for veterans. The Veterans Administration and the veterans groups who track congressional voting records beg to differ. Disabled veterans face the toughest financial challenges. During Young's tenure in the House majority, he frequently voted against the interests of disabled veterans - on 9 out of 18 votes cast, according to the Disabled Veterans of America. Young's voting record was rated C+ by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America for the 2005/06 Congressional session. This C+ rating was based on 34 votes against veterans issues, along with 23 missed votes, and 114 favorable votes. In 2007, President Bush and the Congress were embarassed by revelations over the dismal state of health care for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Congress responded by boosting the VA budget by $8.8 billion. In response to these sameful revelations, Young improved his voting record somewhat, and earned a "B" for the 2007/08 Congressional session. |
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Don Young’s Action: |
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Date |
Status |
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Voted No, Roll Call 72 |
Appropriations
bill providing adequate funding veterans' health care |
1/31/07 |
Passed into Law |
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Voted No, Roll Call 144 |
Vote to
return HR 5122 to committee with instructions to protect pensions for widows
and orphans of deceased or fully disabled military personnel. |
5/11/06 |
Motion failed |
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Voted No, Roll Call 224 |
Add
$53 million for veterans’ health care and processing claims for compensation
and pensions. Amendment to H.R. 2528. |
5/26/05 |
Amendment failed |
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Voted No, Roll Call 87 |
Reverse mandatory cuts to veterans programs and increase
funding for veterans. Amendment to H. Con. Res. 95 |
3/17/05 |
Amendment failed |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 88 |
$2 billion shortfall for
veterans’ health care, over the next five years, cuts veterans’ health care
by $14 billion below maintaining these programs at their current
levels. Requires the Veterans’ Affairs Committee to make another cut of
$798 million over the next five years, requiring new fees for veterans’
health care or cuts in veterans’ benefits. |
3/17/05 |
Passed House and Senate |
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Voted No, Roll Call 82 |
Add $3.2 billion in FY 2006
for veterans' health care, to meet the growing needs of returning soldiers,
including mental health services and prosthetics and amputee care, medical
facilities, and medical research. Amendment to H.
CON. RES. 95. |
3/17/05 |
Amendment Failed |
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Voted Yes,
Roll Call 325 |
Block vote on an amendment
adding $1 billion for VA health care in 2005 to the Foreign Operations
Appropriations bill H.R. 3057 |
6/28/05 |
Motion passed to block
amendment |
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Voted No,
Roll Call 320 |
Vote
to return HR 3010 to committee with instructions to add $1 billion to address the VA’s acknowledgment of
its under-funding. |
6/24/05 |
Funding bill passed, VA budget left underfunded |
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Voted Yes,
Roll Call 223 |
Block consideration of an amendment
to add $2.6 billion for veterans’ health care to Veterans Spending Bill. Motion
would have amended H.R.2528 |
5/26/05 |
Motion passed to block amendment |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 71 |
Block consideration of an amendment
to provide $3.1 billion to the Veterans Administration. Amendment to H.R. 1268 |
3/15/05 |
Amendment blocked |
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Voted Yes,
Roll Call 69 |
Block consideration of an
amendment would add $1.2 billion for veterans’ health care for FY 2005. H.R. 1268. |
3/15/05 |
Motion passed |
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Voted No,
Roll Call 478 |
Motion to revise
appropriations bill to add $2.5 billion for veterans' health care for FY 2005 |
9/29/04 |
Motion Rejected |
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Voted No,
Roll Call 301 |
Provide an additional $1.3
billion to improve veterans' health care, shorten waiting times at VA health
care facilities, and provide critical mental health services to address needs
resulting from wartime deployments |
6/24/04 |
House Rejected |
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Voted Yes,
Roll Call 198 |
Shortchange veterans'
health care by $1.3 billion |
5/19/04 |
Passed House and Senate |
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Voted Yes,
Roll Call 92 |
Veterans' health care budget
for FY 2005. This bill was $1.3 billion less than the necessary funding to
maintain current services according to the Veterans’ Affair Committee. |
3/25/04 |
Passed House |
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Voted No,
Roll Call 91 |
$2.5 billion increase over
the Bush budget for veterans' health care for FY 2005, which was needed just to
maintain the existing level of veterans' health care services. Amendment to H. Con.
Res. 393 |
3/25/04 |
Amendment Failed |
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Voted No,
Roll Call 547 |
Additional $3.6 billion to
improve the quality of life for armed forces serving in |
10/16/03 |
Amendment Failed |
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Voted Yes,
Roll Call 82 |
Budget Resolution with $14
billion over 10 years cut from veterans pension, compensation, education and
other benefits, $14 billion veterans health care cut over 10 years, and
imposes a $250 fee for enrollment in VA health care and a doubling of the
drug co-payment for category 7 and 8 veterans. |
3/21/03 |
Passed House and Senate |
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Voted Yes, Roll Call 456 |
Reduce Veterans funding by $2
billion from levels established in the budget resolution for 2004. |
7/25/03 |
Passed House |
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Voted No, Roll Call 473 |
Vote
to return measure to committee with instructions to provide increased
funding for veterans' health care |
11/13/02 |
Funding bill passed, VA budget left underfunded |
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