Prefer Newsweek on Google A major veterans benefits package has hit another wall in Congress, with senators divided over whether long-sought new benefits should be paid for through disputed changes to future disability compensation. On July 29, competing Senate efforts to advance the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act failed amid a fight over disability-benefit offsets. The bill bundles dozens of veterans measures, but its path forward is uncertain because lawmakers disagree over future tinnitus and sleep apnea compensation. Veterans, caregivers, survivors, service members and future disability claimants could be affected if the package advances, stalls or is rewritten. The White House backs the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, saying it would expand community-care access and support veterans, caregivers, families and survivors. But it has also noted that the bill lacks a final score and raised concerns over some provisions involving the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and requests for documents protected by executive privilege