US Senate Approves Bill To Provide Almost $2B in Emergency Funds for Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs

... The Senate on Thursday voted 98-0 to approve a bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:HR.2528:HR 2528) that would authorize $83 billion in fiscal year 2006 appropriations for military construction projects and the http://www.va.gov/Department of Veterans Affairs budget, including nearly $2 billion in emergency funding for VA health care programs, CQ Today reports... click link for more info. ...