mark to put a real dent in the jobless rate. >> plus, a backlog veterans' claims up to crisis levels. almost 200 v.a. employers do nothing but work full time on union projects, a task that taxpayers are bank rolling. >> senator tom coburn and rob portman sent a letter demanding answers to why based on government documents, 188 v.a. workers were paid taxpayer funded salaries and benefits to do union work full time. government documents show v.a. nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, dental lab assistants and security guards hired to protect buildings like hospitals instead do union work full time the senators say. they call it troubling and it could, quote, compromise