Senate Republicans blocked legislation Thursday that would have expanded federal healthcare and education programs for veterans, saying the $24 billion bill would bust the budget. The legislation had previously cleared a procedural vote on Tuesday by a 99-0 vote. The bill's chief sponsor, Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, said he hoped senators would, "rise above the day-to-day rancor and the party politics that we see on this floor almost every single day," and support a law affecting 22 million veterans, including more than 2 million who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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