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Vulnerable Republican scrambles away from his push to scrap veterans' loan rescue

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A vulnerable Republican congressman is scrambling away from questions about his role in ending a program meant to keep veterans from losing their homes. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), who is locked in a tight re-election race against Democrat Rebecca Cooke, led the push to end a low-interest program that helped struggling veterans keep their homes, but NPR reported that he's now refusing to answer questions about the fallout. An NPR investigation drew on previously unreported Department of Veterans Affairs data, and it found that more than 15,000 veterans who had their VA-backed mortgages…

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    Vulnerable Republican scrambles away from his push to scrap veterans' loan rescue

    A vulnerable Republican congressman is scrambling away from questions about his role in ending a program meant to keep veterans from losing their homes. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), who is locked in a tight re-election race against Democrat Rebecca Cooke, led the push to...

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