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Republican appropriators advanced a budget bill Tuesday that includes more than $360 billion for Veterans Affairs operations<\/a> but also limits on abortion access<\/a> and diversity programs that Democratic lawmakers vowed to fight as the measure moves through Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation, the first fiscal year 2025 budget draft <\/a>to be approved by a House Appropriations Committee<\/a> panel this year, also includes nearly $18 billion in military construction funds for next year, including $1.1 billion for construction of 11 new military barracks projects and $2 billion for military family housing initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[This bill] honors our commitment to those who\u2019ve worn America\u2019s uniform and supports our military and their loved ones,\u201d committee chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said at a hearing on the proposal Tuesday evening. \u201cWe\u2019re ensuring that our national defense needs are met both at home and abroad, and we\u2019re also upholding our pledge to our veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If approved, the VA budget would grow about 10% from fiscal year 2024 to fiscal year 2025, a significant jump considering Republicans\u2019 constrained spending targets for other nonmilitary agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that continues a trend of consistent growth for the department\u2019s steadily increasing benefits and medical care costs. In fiscal year 2001, the entire VA budget amounted to $48 billion in spending. In 2014, that total was $153.9 billion, still less than half of the planned budget for next fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic lawmakers on the committee said they were generally comfortable with the spending targets \u2014although they did note broader complaints about planned Republican cuts to other domestic programs \u2014 but said they could not support the measure because of several provisions focused on controversial social issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those included language prohibiting VA from conducting abortions in cases other than rape and involving the life of the mother. Since late 2022, department officials have provided abortion services at some VA medical centers in cases where the health of the veteran is at risk, a broader definition that Republican lawmakers insist runs afoul of federal rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first year of the policy, VA physicians performed fewer than 100 abortions. However, Republican lawmakers targeted the practice in early drafts of last year\u2019s budget bills and appear poised to repeat the strategy again this appropriations cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic lawmakers expressed exasperation at the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy we have to go through this song and dance again when they were rejected in conference last year is stunning to me,\u201d said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., ranking member on the committee\u2019s veterans panel. \u201cBut the message that Republicans are sending is clear: They want to limit women\u2019s access to abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation also includes bans on \u201cadvancing critical race theory\u201d and implementing White House initiatives to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. It also blocks VA officials from reporting veterans deemed incapable of managing their own affairs to national firearms database officials<\/a>, a practice that critics say denies veterans their Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appropriations bill now heads to the full committee for consideration on Thursday. Lawmakers hope to send it to the full chamber early next month and reach a compromise with Senate negotiators on a final bill ahead of the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate appropriators \u2014 led by majority Democrats \u2014 have yet to adopt their first drafts of the VA spending plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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