Kilili: Republicans Block $250 COLA Check Veterans, Seniors

H.R. 5987, the Seniors Protection Act,

Kilili: Republicans Block $250 COLA Check Veterans, Seniors: "Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted down a bill to provide another $250 payment to Social Security recipients and disabled veterans. The payment is meant to replace a lost cost-of-living increase for 2011.

“I find it unconscionable that Republicans are blocking a little bit of help – $250 – for seniors and for men and women who risked their lives for our country, and at the same time Republicans are demanding a $700 billion tax break for the wealthy, millionaires and billionaires,” said Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan after the vote."