Thursday, July 28, 2022

Senate Republicans find "a new level of low."

Just when you think that they're reached bottom, they start digging.

This time, veterans were thrown under the bus by Senate Republicans.


From NBC (emphasis added by me) -

Blindsided veterans erupt in fury after Senate Republicans suddenly tank PACT Act

Blindsided veterans erupted in anger and indignation Thursday after Senate Republicans suddenly tanked a widely supported bipartisan measure that would have expanded medical coverage for millions of combatants exposed to toxic burn pits during their service. 

Supporters of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act — or PACT Act — overwhelmingly expected the House-passed bill to sail through to the president's desk for signature.

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"They’re manufacturing reasons to vote against legislation that they literally voted for just last month," Butler {Jeremy Butler, CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America} added. "And so it’s really a new level of low."

The vote is here.

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