Abortions could be conducted at VA medical centers, even in states where the procedure is outlawed.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the sweeping plan into law in coming days.
Twenty-five senators have called for VA to provide access to abortions in light of growing state opposition to the procedure.
"We just want to know why veterans are getting screwed.”
A planned deployment of the system to sites in Idaho this weekend has been delayed in response to lingering problems.
The sweeping bill could be one of the most expensive and most impactful veterans policy measures approved by Congress in years.
Legislation would promise veterans get the same increase as Social Security recipients later this year.
The measure could be passed out of the chamber in the next few weeks and become law later this summer.
The sweeping bill has been stalled in the Senate over concerns related to cost and potential workload burdens on Veterans Affairs workers.
Federal officials saw a 10 percent decrease in sheltered homeless veterans in January 2021.
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