Veterans Day Massacre - November 11, 2026
🚨 VETERANS DAY BETRAYAL. 18 NO VOTES. AND THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER!
🇺🇸 NOVEMBER 11 — VETERANS DAY
The House passed TCAVA (H.R. 9237) by VOICE VOTE, without recording how individual representatives voted.
THE VFW AND DAV HAVE NOW PUBLICLY CONDEMNED WHAT HAPPENED.
🔥 HERE IS WHY VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS OBJECT TCAVA:
❌ SECTION 108: Proposed changes to VA disability ratings for sleep apnea and tinnitus. DAV warns these changes could reduce future compensation by up to $57 BILLION over 10 years, affecting an estimated 1.5 million veterans.
❌ SECTION 101: TCAVA includes a reduced, capped version of the Major Richard Star Act rather than the full standalone bill combat-injured veterans have fought for.
❌ SECTION 104(b): Increases certain VA home-loan refinancing fees, shifting more costs onto veterans.
❌ NO RECORDED VOTE: On Veterans Day, Congress passed this controversial legislation without requiring members to publicly record their positions.
The VFW called the House's actions “cowardly and dishonorable” and warned against using veterans' earned benefits to finance other programs.
DAV condemned House leadership for advancing the bill without a recorded vote and called for a public revote.
VETERANS WARNED CONGRESS. THE OBJECTIONS WERE PUBLIC.
🇺🇸 NOVEMBER 12 — THE VERY NEXT DAY
The House passed the REAL, standalone Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 2102).
✅ 392 YES
❌ 18 NO
➖ 23 DID NOT VOTE
ALL 18 NO VOTES WERE REPUBLICANS:
Andy Biggs — Arizona
Eli Crane — Arizona
David Schweikert — Arizona
Rick Crawford — Arkansas
Tom McClintock — California
Andrew Clyde — Georgia
Marlin Stutzman — Indiana
Clay Higgins — Louisiana
Andy Harris — Maryland
Eric Burlison — Missouri
Mark Harris — North Carolina
Lloyd Smucker —Pennsylvania
Ralph Norman — South Carolina
Tim Burchett — Tennessee
John Rose — Tennessee
Keith Self — Texas
Chip Roy — Texas
Blake Moore — Utah
NOT ONE DEMOCRAT VOTED NO.
To the 392 representatives who voted YES, thank you for supporting the full Major Richard Star Act.
But passing the House is NOT the finish line. The Senate must act before the 119th Congress ends.
WOUNDED VETERANS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR WOUNDED VETERANS!
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🇺🇸 FAFO: 36 STATES DOWN. 14 TO GO!
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A HUGE thank you to every veteran, military family member, and supporter who has taken action since Veterans Day!
Our current email campaign is still relevant after Veterans Day and is designed to carry us through the end of the 119th Congress.
🚨 WE STILL NEED THESE 14 STATES:
🇺🇸 Alabama (AL) • Alaska (AK) • Delaware (DE) • Idaho (ID) • Mississippi (MS) • Montana (MT) • New Jersey (NJ) • North Dakota (ND) • Oklahoma (OK) • Rhode Island (RI) • South Dakota (SD) • Tennessee (TN) • Vermont (VT) • Wyoming (WY)
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Don't stop after sending one or two!
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✅ It also gets our message into more media inboxes, increasing the opportunities for journalists to see it rather than letting it get buried in crowded news tip inboxes.
EVERY STATE MATTERS. EVERY EMAIL COUNTS. FINISH ALL 15!
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THE HOUSE HAS VOTED. THE SENATE IS NEXT.
END THE WOUNDED WARRIOR TAX. PASS THE REAL MAJOR RICHARD STAR ACT.
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Stay in the fight!
Shane Junkert
Senior Chief, USN (Ret)