{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-blasts-senate-democrats-refusal-to-fund-the-department-of-veterans-affairs", "Daines Blasts Senate Democrats Refusal to Fund the Department of Veterans Affairs", "2015-10-01", "2015", "2015-10", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.01.15\n\t\t\t Daines Blasts Senate Democrats' Refusal to Fund the Department of Veterans Affairs \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Steve Daines today blasted Senate Democrats' obstruction of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which provides critical funding for veterans services:\r\nOur nation's heroes should have easy access to the resources, services and medical care that they need and deserve. It's unconscionable that Senate Democrats would rather make our veterans pawns in political games. This legislation contains numerous important provisions to address Montana veterans' long-standing concerns and it would be shameful to see these much-needed reforms fall victim to Democrats' obstructionism. I urge Senate Democrats to quickly pass this legislation, which contains increased funding and critical reforms, and help us ensure that our veterans have the support they deserve.\r\nThe legislation includes a record level of $163.8billion in both discretionary and mandatory funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, an increase of$4.6billionabove the FY2015level.\r\nThe Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act passed the Appropriations Committee on May 21, 2015 on a bipartisan vote of 21-9.\r\nMontana priorities contained in this legislation can be foundhere.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-blasts-senate-democrats-refusal-to-fund-the-department-of-veterans-affairs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6996837221086025, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}