Republicans in charge prove they don't live up to claim

I'm posting over on Sancho Press at www.sanchopress.com as well as my two blogs. (Yes I know, I'm a glutton for punishment.) Sancho Press is done from the "left" as a way to contradict the claim the Republicans are pro-military while the Democrats are not. We happen to be the ones who want to do the right thing for the sake of the troops and the veterans instead of harming them while claiming "we're on the Right" because they are always wrong when it comes to taking care of them. This comment should prove it once and for all.

*[new] You'd think they would care (0.00 / 0)
I did a huge post yesterday on how many veterans there are in the Senate and House. You'd think these people would really care about all of this going on when they are supposed to be watching out for their "brothers" but they are more interested in their connections to the money instead. The only ones standing up for the veterans and the troops are Democrats and even they are not doing a good enough job.
Vietnam Veterans in the Senate
"#" in front of the name indicates a combat veteran

#Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)1
U.S. Army 1943-47

Robert Bennett (R-UT)1
National Guard 1957-61

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)2
Army Reserves 1968-74

#Thomas Carper (D-DEL)3
U.S. Navy 1968-1973
Navy Reserve 1973-1991

Thad Cochran (R-MS)2
U.S. Navy 1959-61

Larry Craig (R-ID)3
National Guard 1970-72

Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)4
Army Reserve 1969-75

Michael Enzi (R-WY)4
Air National Guard 1967-73

Lindsey Graham (R-SC)5
· U.S. Air Force 1983-1989
National Guard 1989-1994

#Chuck Hagel (R-NE)6
U.S. Army 1967-68

Tom Harkins (D-IA)5
U.S. Navy 1962-67
Navy Reserve 1968-74

James M. Inhofe (R-OK)7
U.S. Army 1954-56

#Daniel Inouye (D-HI)6
Medal Of Honor
U.S. Army 1943-47

Johnny Isakson (R-GA)8
National Guard 1966-1972

Tim Johnson (D-SD)7
U.S. Army 1969-

Edward Kennedy (D-MA)8
U.S. Army 1951-53

#John Robert Kerry (D-MA)9
U.S. Navy 1966-1970

Herb Kohl (D-WI)10
Army Reserve 1958-64

#Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)11
Army 1942-1946

Richard Lugar (R-IN)9
U.S. Navy 1957-60

#John R. McCain (R-AZ)10
U.S. Navy 1958-81
*POW Vietnam 1967-73

Bill Nelson (D-FL)12
U.S. Army 1968-1970

Jack Reed (D-RI)13
U.S. Army 1967-1969

Pat Roberts (R-KS)11
U.S. Marine Corps (1958-62)

Jeff Sessions (R-AL)12
Army Reserves 1973-86

Arlen Specter (R-PA)13
U.S. Air Force 1951-53

#Ted Stevens (R-AK)14
Army Air Corps 1943-46

#John R. Warner (R-VA)15
U.S. Navy 1945-46
Marine Corps 1950-52
Marine Corps Reserves 1952-1964

#Jim Webb (D-VA)14
U.S. Marine Corps 1964-1972
Ass't Sec. of Defense 1984-1987
Secretary of the Navy 1987-1988

Most of the combat veterans in the Senate are Democrats 6 against 4 Republicans and they have 15 veterans to 14 Democrats in the Senate

Vietnam Veterans in the House
"#" in front of the name indicates a combat veteran.

Todd Akin (R-02 Missouri)1
U.S. Army

#Joe Baca (D-43 CA)1
U.S. Army 1966-1968

Spencer Bachus (R-06 AL)2
National Guard 1969-1971

James Barrett (R-03 S.C.)3
Army 1983-1987

Michael Bilirakis (R )4
Air Force 1951-1955

Sanford D. Bishop (D-02 GA)2
U.S. Army 1971

John Boehner (R-08 OH)5
U.S. Navy 1968

#Leonard L. Boswell (D-03 IA)3
U.S. Army 1956-1976

#Allen Boyd, Jr. (D-02 FL)4
U.S. Army 1969-1971

Henry Brown (R-1 SC)6
National Guard 1953-1962

Vern Buchanan (R-13 FL)7
Air National Guard 1970-1976

Dan Burton (R-05 IN)8
U.S. Army 1956-1957
Army Reserves 1957-1962

G.K. Butterfield (D-1 NC)5
Army Reserves 1957-1962
Army 1968-1970

Stephen E. Buyer (R-04 IN)9
U.S. Army 1984-1987, 1990
Army Reserve 1980-1984, 1987-Present

Christopher Carney (D-10PA)6
Naval Reserves 1995 - Present

Howard Coble (R-06 NC)10
Coast Guard 1952-1956, 1977-1978
Coast Guard Reserve 1960-1981

Mike Conway (R-11 TX)11
U.S. Army 1970-1972

John Conyers (D-14 MI)7
National Guard 1948-1950
U.S. Army 1950-1954
Army Reserve 1954-1957

Robert E. Cramer, Jr. (D-05 AL)8
U.S. Army 1972
Army Reserves 1976-1978

Geoff Davis (R-04 KY)12
U.S. Army 1980 -1987

Thomas M. Davis (R-11 VA)13
U.S. Army 1971-1972
Army Reserves 1972-1979

Nathan Deal (R-09 GA)14
U.S. Army 1966-1968

Peter A. DeFazio (D-04 OR)9
U.S. Air Force 1967-1971

William D. Delahunt (D-10 MA)10
Coast Guard Reserve 1963-1971

John D. Dingell (D-16 MI)11
U.S. Army 1945-1946

John F. Duncan, Jr. (R-02 TN)15
Army Reserve 1970-1987

Bob Etheridge (D-02 NC)12
U.S. Army 1965-1967

Terry Everett (R-02 AL)16
U.S. Air Force 1955-1959

#Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-11 NJ)17
U.S. Army 1969-1971

#Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-01 MD)18
U.S. Marines 1964-1968

Louie Gohmert (R-01 TX)19
U.S. Army 1977-1982

Charles A. Gonzales (D-20 TX)13
National Guard 1969-1975

Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-05 VA)20
National Guard 1969-1975

Bart Gordon (D-6 TN)14
US Army Reserve 1971-72

Phil Hare (D-17IL)15
Army Reserves 1969-1975

Ralph M. Hall (R-04 TX)21
U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Doc Hastings (R-04 WA)22
Army Reserves 1964-1969

Maurice Hinchey (D-22 NY)16
U.S. Navy 1956-59

David L. Hobson (R-07 OH)23
National Guard 1958-1963

#Duncan Hunter (R-52 CA)24
U.S. Army 1969-1971

Darrell Issa (R-49 CA)25
Army 1970-1972, 1976-1980

William J. Jefferson (D-02 LA)17
U.S. Army 1969-1978

#Sam Johnson (R-03 TX)26
U.S. Air Force 1951-1979 (POW)

Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R-03 NC)27
National Guard 1967-1971

Paul E. Kanjorski (D-11 PA)18
U.S. Army 1960-1961

Peter King (R-03 NY)28
National Guard 1968-1973

# Mark Kirk (R-10 IL)29
Navy Reserve 1989-present

#John Kline (R-02 MN)30
USMC 1969-1994

Joseph Knollenberg (R-09 MI)31
Army 1955-1957

Ron Lewis (R-02 KY)32
U.S. Navy 1973

John Linder (R-7 GA)33
US Air Force 1967-69

Edward J. Markey (D-07 MA)19
Army Reserves 1968-1973

#James Marshall (D-3 GA)20
U.S. Army 1968-1970

Jim McDermott (D-07 WA)21
U.S. Navy 1968-1970

Gary Miller (R-42 CA)34
Army 1967-1968

Alan Mollohan (D-01 WV)22
U.S. Army 1970
Army Reserves 1970-1983

Dennis Moore (D-03 KS)23
U.S. Army 1970
Army Reserves 1970-1972

Patrick Murphy (D-08PA)24
Army 1999-2004

#John Murtha (D-12 PA)25
U.S. Marines 1952-1955, 1966-1967
Marines Reserve 1967-1990

Soloman P. Ortiz (D-27 TX)26
U.S. Army 1960-1962

William Pascrell, Jr. (D-08 NJ)27
U.S. Army 1961
Army Reserves 1962-1967

Ron Paul (R-14 TX)35
U.S. Air Force 1963-1965
National Guard 1965-1968

#Steve Pearce (R-2 NM)36
U.S. Air Force 1970-1976

Collin C. Peterson (D-07 MN)28
National Guard 1963-1969

John E. Peterson (R-05 PA)37
U.S. Army 1957
Army Reserves 1958-1963

#Joseph R. Pitts (R-16 PA)38
U.S. Air Force 1963-1969

Ted Poe (R-2 TX)39
Air Force Reserve 1970-1976

Jim Ramstad (R-03 MN)40
Army Reserves 1968-1974

#Charles B. Rangel (D-15 NY)29
U.S. Army 1948-1952

Ralph Regula (R-16 OH)41
U.S. Navy 1944-1946

#Silvestre Reyes (D-16 TX)30
U.S. Army 1966-1968

Thomas Reynolds (R-26 NY)42
National Guard 1970-1976

Harold Rogers (R-05 KY)43
National Guard 1957-1964

Mike Rogers (R-8 MI)44
US Army 1985-89

Bobby Rush (D-01 IL)31
U.S. Army 1963-1968

John Salazar (D-03 CO)32
U.S. Army 1973-1976

Robert C. Scott (D-03 VA)33
Army Reserves 1970-1974
National Guard 1974-1976

Jose E. Serrano (D-16 NY)34
U.S. Army 1964-1966

Joe Sestak(D-07PA)35
U.S. Navy [Admiral] 1970-2006

John Shadegg (R-03AZ)45
National Guard 1969-1975

John Shimkus (R-19 IL)46
U.S. Army 1980-1984
Army Reserves 1987-Present

#Vic Snyder (D-02 AR)36
U.S. Marines 1967-1969

John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-05 SC)37
U.S. Army 1969-1971

Fortney P. Stark (D-13 CA)38
U.S. Air Force 1955-1957

Cliff Stearns (R-06 FL)47
U.S. Air Force 1963-1967

John S. Tanner (D-08 TN)39
U.S. Navy 1968-1972
National Guard 1974-Present

Gene Taylor (D-04 MS)40
Coast Guard Reserve 1971-1984

#Mike Thompson (D-01 CA)41
U.S. Army 1969-1972

Edolphus Towns (D-10 NY)42
U.S. Army 1956-1958

Tim Walz (D-01MI)43
National Guard 1981-2005

Dave Weldon (R-15 FL)48
U.S. Army 1981-1987
Army Reserves 1987-1992

Ed Whitfield (R-01 KY)49
Army Reserve 1967-1970

Roger F. Wicker (R-01 MS)50
U.S. Air Force 1976-1980
Air Force Reserve 1980-Present

Heather A. Wilson (R-01 NM)51
U.S. Air Force 1978-1989
*Only woman veteran in Congress.

Joe Wilson (R-2 SC)52
National Guard 1972-2003

Frank R. Wolf (R-10 VA)53
U.S. Army 1962-1963
Army Reserves 1963-1967

C.W. Bill Young (R-10 FL)54
National Guard 1948-1957

Don Young (R-All AK)55
U.S. Army 1955-1957

9 Democrat combat veterans and 8 Republican combat veterans
while the Republicans have 55 in the House, Democrats have 43.

On the surface this would seem like the Republicans saying of how most in the military are Republicans, this does not seem to support the saying that they are the ones who care more about the troops or the veterans. In other words the men and women who serve, as they did, are shit out of luck when they get into power. The problems with the VA happened and spiraled out of control while they were in charge and addressing the problems instead of ignoring it, happened when the Democrats gained control. All in all, the numbers don't lie.

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."

- George Washington

This list must have been done before the election in 2006 because there are several changes that are not here. Congressman Tester is not on the list along with a few others. I used it because most of the problems happened while these people were in charge.