Republican Senators do NOT support the troops,again.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/veterans-job-corps-bill-faces-procedural-vote/2012/09/18/c680b6f2-01e3-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_blog.html

Veterans Job Corps bill faces procedural vote
By Steve Vogel
A bill to put veterans to work preserving and restoring national parks and other federal, state and local lands has become mired in a political fight, facing a procedural vote in the Senate at noon Wednesday that could leave the legislation’s future in doubt.


Democratic sponsors charge that the Veterans Job Corps bill is being held up by Republicans who refuse to allow any legislative victories to the Obama administration, while Republicans counter that a GOP version of the legislation will lower veterans unemployment without raising the deficit.

The Democratic bill is based on a proposal for a $1 billion program outlined by Obama during the State of the Union Address, but has been amended to include a number of Republican sponsored provisions, including measures that would improve veterans’ access to internet tools to find jobs, and make it easier for troops leaving military service to get transition training for civilian life.

Tom Tarantino, chief policy officer for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said the organization expected little opposition to the modified legislation. “Once it incorporated ideas from both sides of the aisle, I thought it would be an easy sell,” said Tarantino, who served as an Army captain in Iraq.

But the bill last week faced attacks from several Republican senators. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) briefly filibustered to raise an unrelated issue related to Pakistan. Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.) said the bill had no chance of passing the House of Representatives and is meant to help “politicians and not veterans.” Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) called the bill a “charade.”