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The St. Louis VA Medical Center has come under scrutiny after the former chief of psychiatry said too many mental health patients must wait for treatment. President Obama and some of his supporters in Congress signaled their next goal may be a boost in funding for the troubled department's health care services. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, authored an amendment to a Justice Department spending bill that would prevent the federal government from interfering state medical marijuana laws. The language was approved 219-189, but still faces hurdles in the Senate. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, has promised that, if re-elected, he will continue to fight to make sure his state gets its "fair share" of the federal government pie. His primary challenger, tea party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel called Mississippi a "welfare state" and pledged to get the federal government off the state's back. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this March 19, 2013, file photo, singer Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris. Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word. In a statement Sunday, June 1, 2014, to The Associated Press, Bieber said when he was a kid he didn't realize how certain words could hurt. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
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FILE – This Feb. 20, 2014, file photo shows Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., standing in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and whether to slap sanctions on Iran on Capitol Hill in Washingtons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE – This May 30, 2014, file photo shows House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., right, arriving for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington as Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki was resigning over the VA health care scandal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
