| Several vulnerable House Republicans are
in danger of being portrayed as anti-veteran as they head into the
fall elections, Democratic aides and activists for veterans organizations
say.
Democrats are targeting Reps. Bob Beauprez (Colo.), Heather Wilson
(N.M.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Anne Northup (Ky.) and Pete Sessions
(Texas), declaring that now is a particularly impolitic time for
a lawmaker to be perceived as being on “the wrong side”
of the veterans debate, given the Iraq war.
At issue are two veterans benefits bills that are stuck in the House
Rules Committee. The benefits have drawn criticism from the White
House because the administration believes they cost too much, Republican
and Democratic supporters of the measures say.
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