WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-HI) (R) thanks U.S. Army Specialist Eric Edmondson and his father Ed Edmondson after a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans� health bill at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Specialist Edmondson, who suffered severe traumatic brain injury in an improvised explosive device attack in October 2005 while serving in Iraq, is cared for by his parents. Democrats indentified Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as the sole Republican holding up the passage of the bill designed to help Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans and family caregivers of the seriously wounded. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-HI) (R) thanks U.S. Army Specialist Eric Edmondson and his father Ed Edmondson after a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans� health bill at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Specialist Edmondson, who suffered severe traumatic brain injury in an improvised explosive device attack in October 2005 while serving in Iraq, is cared for by his parents. Democrats indentified Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as the sole Republican holding up the passage of the bill designed to help Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans and family caregivers of the seriously wounded.

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  12. Ed Edmunson with his son, Eric Edmonson, who was wounded in Iraq, meets with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen/ Daniel Akaka, center, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, following a news conference to highlight the continuing commitment to support of veterans.
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  15. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters about healthcare legislation after the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009.
  16. U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) (C) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (L) talk on their mobile phones outside of the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009.

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