As a member of the Army National Guard for 24 years, 1st District U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., has long made veterans issues his issues. So, at first blush it’s perplexing that he voted against a Republican-backed Veterans Affairs funding bill that, among other things, increased funding for the department. The National Republican Congressional Committee took note, sending an email to reporters in Minnesota saying that Walz voted against the VA funding bill that included a “more than $68 billion – a 6 percent increase from last year – in funding for VA Health Care Programs, VA medical centers…disability payments and other vital services.” Walz did vote against the bill. But there’s a lot more to the story. 
PoliGraph: NRCC’s Walz claim leaves out details
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