House to debate bill on firing rules at veterans' agency

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House to debate bill on firing rules at veterans' agency

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/house-debate-bill-firing-rules-veterans-agency-165058294--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EWwMtc0Gs4rKRV4_ooZfKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-20T202510Z_1_CBREA4J1KQ400_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-REPUBLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. House Majority Leader Cantor addresses a news conference in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. House Majority Leader Cantor addresses a news conference in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill to make it easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire or demote senior executives, officials said on Tuesday, following accusations that veterans' healthcare delays have led to preventable deaths. The bill addressing the &quot;mess at the Veterans Administration&quot; will &quot;try and provide the tools to the administration to hold senior managers accountable,&quot; House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Republican, told reporters. &quot;The American people are frustrated, especially when those who have served our country in uniform have been treated the way they have, and God forbid, who have perished because of the mess at the VA,&quot; Cantor said at a news conference. Eric Shinseki, secretary of the department, has faced calls for his resignation over the allegations, but so far President Barack Obama has resisted the demands and assigned a top White House aide to help the department deal with the problem.</p><br clear="all"/>

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