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Senators announce deal to address VA problems

June 7, 2014

Congress appears poised to adopt new legislation making it easier for veterans to get private medical care and harder for underperforming administrators to keep their jobs, under a deal announced by Senate leaders Thursday.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and John McCain, R-Ariz., took to the chamber floor to announce the measure after days of negotiations. The pair had offered competing measures for VA reform earlier in the week, but announced the compromise legislation as a way to put aside partisan politics and immediately help veterans.

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