New VA reform bill faces an uphill battle on multiple fronts

Federal Times: The VA omnibus bill was considered controversial well before it was introduced on April 28.

Now that it’s out, the early wrangling over its reform measures looks to be everything that was anticipated.

The legislation, known as the Veterans First Act, has sought to provide the VA secretary with more power to discipline and fire employees accused of wrongdoing after a series of high-profile cases seems to have hamstrung the agency.

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