I imagine he's blocking it because there was supposed to be a new Congres "rule" that no new spending should be allowed to pass until measures were put in place until how it was going to be funded was laid out.
Of course, this "rule" has already been broken a couple times. Like with the healthcare bill... but still.
A quick check an.... yep. That's why he has a hold on it all right.
That and he objects to the fact that it mostly only goes to the veterans of our current wars and shuts out veterans who fought before then.
So... this horrible senator just wants congress to play by the rules it's passed and cover all veterans instead of just some.
The monster. Coburn would be one of those guys that was complaining when bush was running up deficits btw.
http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1351-Coburn-Blocking-Veterans-Benefits-Bill
A little bit of research will do you a lot of good. In that article you can actually see what he proposes to get rid of to pay for it. The fun part is counting how many times he says a variation of "the president suggested we get rid of this."
