This story originally published July 6, 2020. It was updated July 9 and July 24 at 1:50 p.m. EST. House lawmakers passed a $241 billion 2021 budget plan for the Department of Veterans Affairs, making VA the second-largest federal agency by budget, second only to the Pentagon.The House approved the 2021 budget plan in a 224-189 vote July 24. All 181 Republicans present voted for the bill and seven Democrats voted against it.  The appropriations bill continues a nearly two-decade series of major increases for VA's budget, and likely makes it one of the only federal...…This story originally published July 6, 2020. It was updated July 9 and July 24 at 1:50 p.m. EST. House lawmakers passed a $241 billion 2021 budget plan for the Department of Veterans Affairs, making VA the second-largest federal agency by budget, second only to the Pentagon.The House approved the 2021 budget plan in a 224-189 vote July 24. All 181 Republicans present voted for the bill and seven Democrats voted against it.  The appropriations bill continues a nearly two-decade series of major increases for VA's budget, and likely makes it one of the only federal...WW…