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The benefits of VA will not be suspended as part of the White House financing order

The benefits of VA will not be suspended as part of the White House financing order

Veterans and support services will not be disturbed by freezing federal financial programs in the White House after administration officials quickly verified that department operations will not lose new rules forbidding money Programming diversity and inclusion.

. Announcement on Tuesday evening by VA leaders He limited the day of confusion and uncertainty around dozens of benefits of departments, including educational support, efforts to prevent suicides and subsidies to help the homeless.

In a short statement, working secretary Va Todd Hunter He confirmed that nationwide President Donald Trump stopped the payment of financial assistance-a surprise to be able to late on Monday evening-“he will not affect healthcare, benefits or beneficiaries of VA”.

The order of the Director for Management and Budget Matthew Vaeth called for “all activities related to the obligation or payment of all federal financial assistance” in order to determine whether these expenses were associated with “financial assistance to foreign help, outside organizations, Dei, Woke gender ideology and The Green New Deal. “

Although the note contained an exception for “help provided directly to people” – which seemed to exclude payments of disabled veterans – the White House officials did not explain whether the funds paid to external groups, which veterans benefits would be stopped.

This list includes educational benefits of veterans paid to schools, financing of the state support of the nursing home, subsidies for preventing suicides to spokesperson organizations, subsidies for preventing homeless for social groups, cemeteries ‘subsidies programs, veterans’ vocational training programs and many other support services.

VA officials confirmed that 44 separate financial assistance programs were identified as potentially problematic by OMB officials, but all were verified as appropriate before the date at 17.00 to stop payments.

Early on Tuesday evening this term was largely debatable. The federal judge temporarily blocked the order to freeze until at least 3 February.

But even if the order is later restored, VA programs will be released. Chairman of the Senate Veterans Committee, Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, praised the message.

“Veterans and their families, as well as organizations that serve them, will have access to the benefits, services and resources provided by the Veterans Department,” he said in a statement. “I appreciate VA quickly answering my questions and continuing important programs that serve our veterans and their families.”

Democratic legislators called Financial Financial Freeze illegal and unfettered, taking into account the potential impact on thousands of federal services throughout the country and around the world.

“In an insolent and illegal move, Trump’s administration is working on freezing huge fragments of federal funds adopted by republicans and democrats,” said Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., Vice President of the Senate Leadership Committee. “This chaos already hurts people, causes confusion and causes destructive delays.”

Unrelated to freeze of funds, the White House officials moved last week to eliminate programs of diversity, own capital and integration in federal agencies. This meant that 60 VA employees focused only on these activities on administrative leave and cancellation of about $ 6 million in programs related contracts.

VA officials refused to provide details of these contracts or what can be considered a program of “diversity, own capital and inclusion”.

Leo includes Congress, veterans’ affairs and a white house for military times. From 2004, he discussed Washington, focusing on the policy of military personnel and veterans. His works brought many awards, including the Polk Award 2009, National Headliner Award 2010, the Iava Leadership in Journalist Award and VFW News Media Award.