Tentative agreement reached on U.S. veterans' funding bill

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Tentative agreement reached on U.S. veterans' funding bill

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tentative-agreement-reached-u-veterans-funding-bill-233457517--business.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Masmhxj1ygrjK4vIzncnYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-27T233457Z_1_LYNXMPEA6Q0BJ_RTROPTP_2_USA-POLITICS-SANDERS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Senator-elect Bernie Sanders is interviewed by a Reuters reporter at Sanders' office in Burlington" align="left" title="Senator-elect Bernie Sanders is interviewed by a Reuters reporter at Sanders' office in Burlington" border="0" /></a>By Peter Cooney WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tentative agreement has been reached by the chairmen of the U.S. Senate and House veterans committees on legislation aimed at resolving the Veterans Affairs healthcare crisis, their spokesmen said on Sunday. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who heads the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and his House counterpart, Republican Representative Jeff Miller, will outline the agreement at a news conference at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, their spokesmen said. &quot;Miller and Sanders continued negotiations on a VA reform package this weekend and made significant progress toward an agreement on legislation to make VA more accountable and to help the department recruit more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals,&quot; their offices said in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/>

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