Al Franken's Service Dog for Vets Bill Passes Senate

Senator Al Franken, new to the Senate, proved two things already. One is that he cares about veterans and the other is that he does work well with others. Sen. Johnny Isakson, co-sponser of this bill is a Republican. If you don't know anything about Al Franken, or the trips he took to visit the troops in Iraq, you need to look him up and see what this man has done for the troops and our veterans.

Franken's Service Dog for Vets Bill Passes Senate
The Senate passed Sen. Al Franken's first piece of legislation, a bill aimed at providing service dogs to more disabled veterans.

The Service Dogs for Veterans Act would create a pilot program within the Veterans Administration. The VA would partner with non-profit groups which train service dogs.

The bill was incorporated into the Defense Authorization bill for fiscal year 2010 and passed as part of the larger bill.
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