Democrats blocking aid to Fort Hood shooting victims

Dallas Morning News:
With the trial of the Fort Hood shooter winding down, Texas Sen. John Cornyn is again calling for increased benefits for the victims of the 2009 attack.

In an op-ed Tuesday in the The Killeen Daily Herald, Cornyn said he was drafting legislation for victims and their families to receive the same benefits as those who had been killed or injured in a combat zone.

Cornyn is one of several federal lawmakers seeking legislation to help victims of the shooting. Many have been denied maximum help and benefits because the incident has been treated as workplace violence.

Previous efforts by Cornyn have died in the Senate Armed Services Committee, which also has blocked bills to help Fort Hood victims that passed in the House.
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Democrats should pay a political price for blocking support for the victims of this domestic terrorist attack.  Their main excuse is a fear it would effect the trial that has been inordinately delayed.  The defendant should have been tried at Gitmo as a terrorist anyway.  The Obama administration's stubborn resistance to such trials is a primary cause of thsi problem.

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