House panel backs plans for another big VA funding boost

Military Times: President Donald Trump’s plan for another hefty budget boost for the Department of Veterans Affairs next year received support from a key congressional committee on Tuesday.

The House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a $194.5 billion funding plan for VA operations in fiscal 2019, nearly matching the White House’s request for the department from earlier this year.

If the proposal becomes law later this year, the measure would give VA officials a funding increase of about 8 percent from the current fiscal year, the latest in a string of large annual plus-ups for the second largest federal bureaucracy.

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