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Which the fisher house foundation had been prepared to pay. tonights decision to restore death benefits still does not help the more than 5 million veterans across the country who may not receive their benefits checks on november 1st if, if the shutdown were to continue that long. thats $6.25 billion in payments. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseky testified before a house hearing yesterday that if the shutdown continues he would have to furlough more of his staff including a number of vete...

>> aid hard time keeping my basic aspects of my life in order. i was frustrated. that translated to anger quite a bit and it pushed me to say i dont want to live like this. >> reporter: he went on to graduate from college determined to make it. believing the governments promise that his war time servicemen his disability check would always be there. but hes been unemployed for five months. now that check is his only source of income. >> if the shutdown goes past october 15th, the v.a. has said t...

Payments. veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki testified before a house hearing yesterday that if the shutdown continues he would have to furlough more of his staff including a number of veterans. >> i have veterans myself that i i employ. a third, over 100,000 veterans. a number of them are going to be subject to furlough. and so -- if they are furloughed and recipients of disability check. their resources go to zero. >> joining me, iraq war veteran, tammy duckworth, also former assistant s...

Talking about. when he came home from iraq in 2008, after seven ied attacks, he was diagnosed with trauma brain injury and post-traumatic stress. >> aid hard time keeping my basic aspects of my life in order. i was frustrated. that translated to anger quite a bit and it pushed me to say i dont want to live like this. >> reporter: he went on to graduate from college determined to make it. believing the governments promise that his war time servicemen his disability check would always be there. bu...

Middle of world war ii who stormed some nazi fortify indications. he had he not passed away this week, would not be gets his disability check. >> well continue to follow this part of the story. got to take a break. be right back.

Times" yesterday, profiting from a childs illiter dacy. "this is painful for a liberal to admit, but conservatives have a point when they suggest that americas safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency. our poverty programs do rescue many people, dont join the military escape route for poor, rural americans because its easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments most wrenching of all are the parents who think its best if a child stays illiterate because the...

Disability check your incentive to go back to work is very much reduced just as if you get a welfare check your incentive to work is reduced. >> there are those who argue once your 99 weeks runs out you sign up for disability. do you believe that is happen? >> i do. we have pretty good evidence that thats happening. you get the two years of unemployment insurance benefits and you can collect 2 or 3 years of disability. disability is pretty easy to stay on for a longtime. its really discouraging ...

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