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• Measure to hasten firing of VA employees advances - July 26, 2023

• By Eric Katz, Government Executive

  House Republicans on Wednesday advanced a measure to make it easier to fire employees at the Veterans Affairs Department, renewing an effort that previously ran into a series of setbacks in court and various oversight entities.

  The House Veterans Affairs Committee approved the bill along party lines over objections from Democrats and the Biden administration. The committee voted down a series of amendments offered by Democrats that would have stripped the bill of many of its provisions to lessen the due process rights for VA employees.

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