The Hill reported Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) won’t support Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s (R-N.H.) bill to repeal $6 billion in cuts to military pensions because of the way it offsets the costs.

A Levin aide said that the Armed Services chairman endorsed Ayotte’s bill before realizing that it restored the cuts by preventing illegal immigrants from claiming a child tax credit.

“Sen. Levin would support legislation to repeal the military pension cuts if such an amendment didn’t endanger underlying legislation and if he supported the offset,” the aide said. “He doesn’t support the offset in Sen. Ayotte’s legislation, so he couldn’t offer support for her legislation.”

Yep, the Senator thinks it’s more important for illegal immigrants to taxpayer paid income tax credits than return a portion of a pension promised to vets who have given decades of service or their health.