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The budget that passed yesterday included pay parity language but not a reporting requirement written by Sen. Tom Coburn. It also includes language written by Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, to fund health care provided by the Veterans Affairs Department on a two-year cycle rather than on a one-year basis. Akaka has argued that year-by-year funding has often arrived late, and made it harder to do long-term workforce planning at VA.

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