I think the Earth just moved. [1]
On Dec. 17, Senate Democrats blocked an amendment to the new budget bill that would allow veterans to receive the pensions they were promised.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has led the unsuccessful fight against veterans’ pension cuts and utilized a last-minute tactic yesterday, which failed to reverse the $6 billion that will be cut over the next 10 years.
Sessions argued that instead of cutting soldiers’ pensions, the federal government should curb $4.2 billion in credit from the Internal Revenue Service that illegal immigrants are “entitled to.”
Senate Republicans said it’s ludicrous that veterans are forced to pay for illegal immigrants’ spending. It’s not correct, and it should not happen,” Sessions said yesterday during the Senate’s debate.
It strikes me that this is the first time in recent memory that the Democrats have actually admitted by their actions that there are limits to governmental largesse.