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"This bill is a step forward but it doesn't go as far as it should," said Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, noting that benefits cuts have been erased for current veterans. He's also written a bill to boost spending for future veterans. (associated press)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 10, 2014, fie photo Pascal Tessier, left, a gay Boy Scout, receives his Eagle Scout badge from Troop 52 Scoutmaster Don Beckham, right, in Chevy Chase, Md., to become one of the first openly gay Scouts to reach scouting's highest rank. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
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Survivors of clergy sexual abuse Monica Barrett, left, and Peter Isely, center, speak to reporters along with the Rev. James Connell on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, outside the headquarters of the Milwaukee Archdiocese. The archdiocese says it's prepared to set aside $4 million in its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse, an amount survivors called insulting. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)
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Survivors of clergy sexual abuse Monica Barrett, left, Peter Isely, center, and Michael Sneesby speak to reporters on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, outside the headquarters of the Milwaukee Archdiocese. The archdiocese says it's prepared to set aside $4 million in its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse, an amount survivors called insulting. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)
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Kansas state Rep. Willie Dove, a Bonner Springs Republican, watches as the electronic voting board in the House as members approve a bill on gay marriage, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Dove supports the measure, which grants legal protections to people, groups and businesses that cite religious beliefs about marriage for refusing to serve gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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In this photo from Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, listens to a debate on marriage legislation opposed by gay-rights advocates, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Davis is running for governor and is being criticized for not being strong enough in his opposition to the bill. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis, left, a Lawrence Democrat, speaks to Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican, during the chamber's session, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Davis has upset some gay-rights advocates who believe his opposition to a gay marriage bill has been lukewarm. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2014 fie photo Pascal Tessier, left, a gay Boy Scout, receives his Eagle Scout badge from Troop 52 Scoutmaster Don Beckham, right, in Chevy Chase, Md., to become one of the first openly gay scouts to reach scouting's highest rank. The Boy Scouts of America said Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 that it lost 6 percent of its membership after an often-bruising year in which it announced it would accept openly gay boys for the first time, over the objections of some participants who eventually left the organization. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2014, AND THEREAFTER File- In this Dec. 10, 2013 file photo, legalization of marijuana activists gather outside the Congress building, as senators vote on a law to legalize the drug, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The activist are in support of the Washington and Colorado recreational laws that were passed 2012 to regulate the growth and sale of taxed pot at state-licensed stores. Sales began Jan. 1, 2014 in Colorado, and are due to start later this year in Washington. Twenty states and the District of Columbia also have medical marijuana laws. The. Uruguay's Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 to create the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana, an audacious experiment that will have the government oversee production, sales and consumption of a drug illegal almost everywhere else. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
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**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by GOP leaders, talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, prior to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the Republican Policy Committee chairman; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; and and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A TeleBot, which combines telepresence and robotics is shown during a demonstration at Florida International University, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Miami. A group of students at FIU's Discovery Lab is testing their version of a RoboCop that will allow disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. The Telebot has two high definition web cameras in its eyes to generate a live, three-dimensional view. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Student Irvin Cardenas, right, 22, shakes hands with a TeleBot, which combines telepresence and robotics, as he controls its movements with sensors placed around his body, during a demonstration at Florida International University, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Miami. A group of students at FIU's Discovery Lab is testing their version of a RoboCop that will allow disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. The robot imitates all of the movements of the demonstrator, the student in this case, police or military officers in the future, who is wearing about 30 sensors on their shoulders, elbows, head and fingers. A joystick moves the robot forward, back and in circles. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Students and passersby watch a demonstration of a TeleBot, right, which combines telepresence and robotics, during a demonstration at Florida International University, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Miami. A group of students at FIU's Discovery Lab is testing their version of a RoboCop that will allow disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. The TeleBot project began in 2012 when Jeremy Robins, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, donated $20,000 to the Discovery Lab to develop the idea. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Nagarajan Prabakar, left, a computer science associate professor at Florida International University, helps student Irvin Cardenas put on a pair of 3D Oculus goggles to provide stereoscopic view of what a robot is seeing during a demonstration of a TeleBot, which combines telepresence and robotics, at Florida International University, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Miami. A group of students at FIU's Discovery Lab is testing their version of a RoboCop that will allow disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. The Telebot has two high definition web cameras in its eyes to generate a live, three-dimensional view, Prabakar said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Nagarajan Prabakar, right, a computer science associate professor at Florida International University, demonstrates how the two high definition web cameras in the eyes of a TeleBot, which combines telepresence and robotics, work to generate a live, three-dimensional view of what the robot is seeing during a demonstration of a at Florida International University, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Miami. A group of students at FIU's Discovery Lab is testing their version of a RoboCop that will allow disabled police and military personnel to serve as patrol officers. The TeleBot costs about $50,000 and was recently shown to theater goers before the premiere of the latest "RoboCop" movie. Researchers said they were also fans of the original movie series that first aired in the late 80's. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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FILE - This Oct. 25, 1999 file photo shows Sid Caesar in New York. Caesar, whose sketches lit up 1950s television with zany humor, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. He was 91. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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This photo taken Feb. 12, 2014 shows Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, walking with Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has sent President Barack Obama legislation restoring full cost-of-living pension increases for younger military retirees, a capitulation to veterans groups that opposed a modest cut when it was enacted late last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
