{"id":52042,"date":"2020-07-24T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/24\/house-passes-largest-va-budget-ever-but-partisan-fights-threaten-its-future\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:17:51","slug":"house-passes-largest-va-budget-ever-but-partisan-fights-threaten-its-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2020\/07\/24\/house-passes-largest-va-budget-ever-but-partisan-fights-threaten-its-future\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes largest VA budget ever, but partisan fights threaten its future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House lawmakers advanced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/07\/07\/va-budget-passes-house-panel\/\" target=_blank>largest budget in Veterans Affairs history<\/a> on Friday, but the spending package faces an uncertain future in the Senate and even tougher odds if it reaches the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because the $241 billion VA funding measure \u2014 which also includes about $10 billion more in appropriations for military construction projects \u2014 includes language blocking President Donald Trump from transferring certain funds to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/13\/why-this-could-be-the-last-year-the-pentagon-pays-for-the-border-wall\/\" target=_blank>controversial military wall project<\/a>, and money to begin renaming military bases currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/07\/24\/trump-vows-bases-named-for-confederate-leaders-will-not-be-changing\/\" target=_blank>honoring confederate leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of those topics have prompted presidential veto threats in the past, and are likely to bog down 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class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The president&#039;s comments come as lawmakers move closed to forcing defense officials to make the name changes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of Friday\u2019s 224-189 largely partisan vote on the spending package, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., urged his Republican colleagues to find a way to work through the differences and avoid the possibility of a partial government shutdown at the start of the new fiscal year, Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe bill ensures we provide resources to support our veterans, so critical and across the board, thought to be a moral responsibility,\u201d he said. \u201cSadly, it will in all likelihood join the more than 275 other House bills languishing in the Republican-controlled Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $241 billion in funds for VA roughly matches what White House officials requested in their budget request in February and includes about $105 billion in discretionary spending in fiscal 2021, an increase of about 13 percent from current levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While other federal agencies have drastic cuts or limited growth in recent years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has enjoyed substantial yearly increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA was the only cabinet department to have a double-digit percentage spending increase under the president\u2019s fiscal 2021 plan, and would become the second largest federal agency by discretionary spending under that budget outline, behind only the Department of Defense (which boasts nearly six times the VA proposed level of program funding and three times the total level of VA spending.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2016\/02\/10\/lawmakers-eye-ever-growing-va-budget\/\" target=_blank> fiscal 2001, the VA budget totaled $45 billion<\/a>. Ten years ago, it was about $125 billion, a little more than half of the House-passed plan for fiscal 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/02\/10\/va-programs-would-see-a-13-percent-funding-boost-under-trumps-fiscal-2021-budget-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20041504401609.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA programs would see a 13 percent funding boost under Trump\u2019s fiscal 2021 budget plan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If enacted, the proposal would make VA the second-largest federal agency in terms of discretionary spending.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmid a global pandemic, we also made unprecedented VA medical system investments to ensure that every veteran has access to the top-notch health care that they deserve, including historic spending for women veterans, mental health, suicide prevention, research, and homeless prevention,\u201d said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., head of the veterans panel for the House Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis bill ensures our veterans and military families are protected, respected, supported and get the highest quality healthcare they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid conflicts with federal budget caps, the discretionary funding increases \u2014 which cover a host of medical, transition and ongoing support programs \u2014 are designated under the plan as emergency funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the $105 billion in discretionary funding, about $90 billion is set aside for VA medical care. 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