Sen. DeMint blocks bill for Marines’ Lejeune water victims

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/17/156517/sen-demint-blocks-bill-for-marines.html?storylink=MI_emailed

By Franco Ordonez | McClatchy Newspapers
By Franco Ordonez McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Thousands of sick Marine veterans and their families may be on the verge of taking a giant leap toward receiving health care for illnesses they suffered from decades of water contamination at Marines Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Legislation that has languished for years was expected to be voted on in the full Senate this week under an across-the-aisle deal between the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. But a South Carolina senator has blocked the bill, saying he worries about fraud.

Republican Sen. Jim DeMint’s stance has developed into an intraparty standoff with Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, the Senate bill’s lead sponsor, who led the call to help the Marines and their families.

In an April letter to President Barack Obama asking for additional funds to provide care for victims, leaders of the House and Senate veterans affairs committees called the episode "possibly the worst example of water contamination in our nation’s history."

Up to a million people at Camp Lejeune may have been exposed to drinking water that was poisoned ...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. He's worried about fraud, while people were poisoned?

[Politicalboi]

2. Typical Repuke

Thanks for your service, now get the hell out of here, and leave me alone. Perhaps the camp should send some bottled water over to Demented's house for his drinking consumption.

[OmahaBlueDog]

3. K & R

[Brickbat]

4. The only time Republicans worry about 1% of people getting what they don't deserve is when the

people are poor. When it's the ultra-rich, they can't wait to shovel benefits in their direction.

[a kennedy]

5. Here's another article on this.....

I'm so ashamed that we let this happen to our military.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/09/03/lejeune-water-victim-speaks-out.html?ESRC=eb.nl

There is just no excuse for this.