Rep Jerry "Fire Them All" Lewis (R-CA) sure does hate us vets.

[TomInTib]

Unless it's like, you know..... politically expedient.

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2005 Representative Lewis supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2005.

2004 Representative Lewis supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2004.

2004 On the votes that the The Retired Enlisted Association considered to be the most important in 2004, Representative Lewis voted their preferred position 33 percent of the time.

2003 On the votes that the Disabled American Veterans - House considered to be the most important in 2003, Representative Lewis voted their preferred position 0 percent of the time.

2003 Representative Lewis supported the interests of the American Veterans 50 percent in 2003.

2001 On the votes that the Disabled American Veterans considered to be the most important in 2001, Representative Lewis voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.


Go to this site and search for those of interest to you:

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H0530103&type=category&category=Veterans+Issues

[Nite Owl]

1. So does John Sweeney (R-NY-20)

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=CNY88544&type=category&category=Veterans%2BIssues&go.x=10&go.y=8



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2005 Representative Sweeney supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2005.

2004 Representative Sweeney supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2004.

2004 On the votes that the The Retired Enlisted Association considered to be the most important in 2004, Representative Sweeney voted their preferred position 33 percent of the time.

2003 On the votes that the Disabled American Veterans - House considered to be the most important in 2003, Representative Sweeney voted their preferred position 0 percent of the time.

2003 Representative Sweeney supported the interests of the American Veterans 50 percent in 2003.

2001 On the votes that the Disabled American Veterans considered to be the most important in 2001, Representative Sweeney voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.




He was never good but got worse after the War? Isn't that strange, a republican NOT supporting the troops during war?


Here's his opponent, Kirsten Gillibrand's plan:




An updated G.I. Bill of Rights should include the following reforms:

Provide Affordable and Accessible Healthcare

Adequately fund and improve veterans' health care, including mental healthcare, so that prescription drugs and timely health care is accessible and affordable for our veterans
Improve the timeliness and accuracy of benefit claims; veterans with a service-connected disability claim have a right to expect timely resolution of their appeals, as their quality of life depends on it
Expand military health care to provide full access to TRICARE - the military health program - to all members of the Guard and Reserve and their families for a low fee
Provide low-cost healthcare opportunities for veterans and family members who return from combat and cannot find work (up to 9 months)
Provide greater access to medical treatment options to veterans who do not live within one hour of a VA hospital or clinic.
End Burdensome Taxes

Fully repeal the Disabled Veterans Tax, which forces disabled military retirees to give up one dollar of their pension for every dollar of disability pay they receive
End the Military Families Tax, which penalizes survivors, mostly widows of those killed as a result of combat, if they receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits because their spouse died of a service-connected injury
Extend Financial Protection

Protect bonuses and special pay for those who are permanently and severely injured or wounded or killed in service
Continue combat pay or other additional compensation for those recovering from combat injuries
Provide unemployment benefits for up to 6 months after discharge if unable to find a job
Protect the income of activated National Guard and Reservists
Improve communication and computer systems that link payroll, personnel and medical functions (to minimize problems in bill payment, foreclosures, bankruptcy and credit harm that is caused when veterans are in the hospital or unable to work due to service related illnesses and injuries)
Improve Education and Vocational Training

Modernize and enhance the GI Bill Education and Job Training Program, by increasing online access to information linked to schools, increasing access to low interest loans and linking tuition grants to inflation
Assist homeless veterans seeking employment by proving greater access to job training services
Advocate for the Proper Deployment of our Men and Women in Uniform

Require an adequate number of deployed troops to meet the demands of a mission
Ensure deployed troops have proper gear and equipment, including access to full body armor to deployed troops on combat missions


http://www.gillibrand2006.com/veterans

[TomInTib]

2. Amazing parallels.. Must be the Company Line. nt

[Old and In the Way]

3. They love the War$, hate the warriors..........nt

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R, with us old vets, it's like Franklin said in 1st Continental Congress

"We can either hang together or hang separately." Yesterday, I was at the (underfunded) VA... It's slipping fast, as the caseload rises, while funding remains the same: ridiculously low.