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Congress overrides Trump’s veto for the first time on the major military bill

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After voting Friday afternoon, the Senate adjourned, effectively killing any hope of passing an increase to distribute $2,000 stimulus checks. WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday joined the House to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a sweeping military policy bill, delivering the first such blow to Trump just weeks before he leaves office. The …

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VA Colmery Act IT implementation complete WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Office of Information and Technology (OIT) successfully completed all Information Technology (IT) updates to process education benefits for Veterans. The updates were completed Oct. 31 in accordance with the Harry W. Colmery Veterans …

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WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will begin COVID-19 vaccinations this week at 128 additional sites using the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines.   On December 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which is the second COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized. “Having a second COVID-19 …

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