The Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007, approved by the Veterans' Affairs Committee in June 2007 and reported to the full Senate in August, finally passed on April 24 by a vote of 96 to 1. The bill stalled for months as lawmakers debated authorizing $220 million to increase and expand VA benefits for Filipino veterans of World War II living in the Philippines. After World War II, the VA originally recognized Filipino veterans, but a 1946 law limited full benefits only to those who came to the United States.

A proposed amendment that would strip the Filipino pensions and spend the money on benefits for American combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan was defeated by a 56 to 41 vote ...

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