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63. How could any self-respecting American vote against this? n/t

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PLEASE SHARE THIS: "Mystery Republican Blocks Cost of Living Adjustment for Veterans" [View all] WilliamPitt Sep 2012 OP

My guess is Rand Paul n/t n2doc Sep 2012 #1

+1 nt bunnies Sep 2012 #50

Anonymous blocks should be banned forever. Panasonic Sep 2012 #2

Hear, hear! FiveGoodMen Sep 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Sep 2012 #29

+1000 HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #42

Why do they allow it in the first place? It's our government, we should know who does what! Kablooie Sep 2012 #62

. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #3

How could any self-respecting American vote against this? n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #63

We need to find out which GOP senator blocked the Veterans COLA and.... OldDem2012 Sep 2012 #4

They know. WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #6

Cool. Thanks. nt OldDem2012 Sep 2012 #8

This is outright extortion, mob bosses threatening voters, "Do what we want, or else!" patrice Sep 2012 #5

Important related link. Please read! OldDem2012 Sep 2012 #7

The increased cost of my TRICARE, medical benefits fasttense Sep 2012 #61

Too bad the vet link doesn't mention that NO Democrats blocked this bill, which leaves it open. freshwest Sep 2012 #10

How the fuck can one Senator block a bill? Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #11

Anonymous hold WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #12

Since we don't know who it was Kber Sep 2012 #13

My BuzzFlash blog post on the subject WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #14

Time to vote against all Republican Senators running for reelection. kiranon Sep 2012 #15

Fucking coward. nt MrScorpio Sep 2012 #16

Every Republican who does not publicly condemn this block must own it Tom Rinaldo Sep 2012 #17

Perfect! busterbrown Sep 2012 #35

Because of their silence, all Republican Senators MineralMan Sep 2012 #18

+1 Care Acutely Sep 2012 #19

Agree 100%. nt OldDem2012 Sep 2012 #22

+1 Liberalynn Sep 2012 #38

i heaven05 Sep 2012 #20

And they say there's no difference between the parties... UrbScotty Sep 2012 #21

No need to guess who it is. Just pressure the media to start phoning again. TrollBuster9090 Sep 2012 #23

No way this will stay secret. McCamy Taylor Sep 2012 #24

They'll learn Hutzpa Sep 2012 #25

Who cares which is the Mystery Republican? Pat Riot Sep 2012 #26

Because they did it with permission from no chin McConnell! atreides1 Sep 2012 #27

Well, then, that leaves (at minimum) two guilty parties. DollarBillHines Sep 2012 #43

He will probably vote himself another raise. paying for it on vets backs nt. julian09 Sep 2012 #28

They..."Support The Troops" Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #30

they support the troops just like they are pro-life... WestWisconsinDem Sep 2012 #41

Yeppers Ian_rd Sep 2012 #46

... Ian_rd Sep 2012 #48

All they need to do is name all of the SheilaT Sep 2012 #31

And I'll bet this mystery Republican firmly believes he (or she) is a "good Christian" Flaxbee Sep 2012 #32

All you need... DirtyDawg Sep 2012 #33

Whoever it was... Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #34

The Democrats need to run ads in military states about this. justice1 Sep 2012 #36

Every time they do stuff like this they prove to the people exactly what they are. Scum. dorksied Sep 2012 #37

Imagine that, one of my (R) reps is on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #39

Hmmm, I think it's Scott Brown tavalon Sep 2012 #60

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! "Mystery Republican Blocks Cost of Living Adjustment for Disabled Veterans amygdalavet Sep 2012 #40

Welcome to DU and thank you for your sacrifices Tumbulu Sep 2012 #49

"(Mitt's) job is not to care about those people." Ian_rd Sep 2012 #44

Let your veteran/military friends/family know about this. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #45

Let's ID it as a Republican that is up for reelection. alfredo Sep 2012 #47

Military.com has the story now WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #51

the republican party in the fucking death throes....we must rid our nation of these 'people' spanone Sep 2012 #52

Our President needs to weigh in on this. This is not campaigning. This is his job as a bully pulpit cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #53

Up WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #54

just posted on dallas news. w8liftinglady Sep 2012 #55

Repubs thrive on the ignorance of their supporters... kentuck Sep 2012 #56

The issue has been cleared up ... just in time for Senate recess. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #57

K&R and read it on Buzzflash. Jazzgirl Sep 2012 #58

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2012 #59