If I read this correctly, this was an attempt to downsize Veteran care and enable the hospital to sublet space? Is this about health care or about money? BD
WASHINGTON - California's U.S. senators thwarted a Bush administration attempt Wednesday to allow commercial leasing of a Los Angeles veterans hospital. In a 66-25 vote, lawmakers shot down an amendment that would have stripped protections written by Sen. Dianne Feinstein into a $109.2 military spending bill prohibiting development at the West Los Angeles Medical Center.
There are a lot of ways to make money, but I think the worst way is to make money off of veterans," Feinstein said.
The White House earlier this week said it opposed the protections and predicted it would eliminate more than $4 billion in revenue from the Veterans Administration.
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