The Sharri Briley Act, tucked into the Republican reconciliation bill, would cut the funding mechanism behind zero-down VA home loans - ending a benefit veterans earned through military service.
Common Defense is calling on Congress to vote no. Use the action link to contact your members. https://commondefense.us/actions/bost-home-tax/
#Veterans #VABenefits #BudgetReconciliation #Congress Please boost.
H.R. 6047: The "Expansion" That Bills Disabled Veterans
Increases A&A by $10K/yr & enhances DIC COLA (good!)
Pays for it by removing VA loan fee exemption from vets rated 10-70% (bad!)
If you're 10-70% & refinance after Aug 1, 2026:
$9,900 fee on $300K loan (you pay $0 now)
Cost to properly fund both groups? $4.5B over 10 years = 6 days of Pentagon spending
All 3 major VSOs opposed the funding mechanism at Dec 3 hearing
Full analysis: https://hadit.com/what-theyre-selling-its-an-expansionwhat-theyre-doing-cutting-benefits-for-3-8-million-veterans-2/
H.R. 6047: They're Calling It an "Expansion" While Billing You For It New bill adds $10K/year for Aid & Attendance recipients. Who pays? Veterans rated 10-70% who refinance. 📑 Jump to Section 📌 The Gist📋 What It Does 💰 What You'll Pay 🎯 Who Gets Hit ✅ What to Do Now 🎤 The Hearing 📞
VBA promised a full review by July 31.
It’s August 7. Nothing.
We break it down at HadIt.com:
🔗 https://hadit.com/smc-calculator-was-broken-wheres-the-vas-fix/
Shortly after 1:00 this morning, Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman of Wired reported that, according to three of their sources, “[a] 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies [SpaceX and X], has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government.”
Biden Trolls Republicans With Chart On How To Tell If They Voted For VA Benefits
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-flowchart-va-trolls-gop_n_645143b6e4b062de079b217d
#Biden #Republicans #VABenefits #Trolling #Election2020 #Politics
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