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Posted On: 07/29/2022 8:11:02 AM
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Does the GOP stand for anything? Keep on handing the Dems campaign issues.
GOP loves burn pits! Thanks for your service.
'Total bulls***': Anger boils over after Republicans block bill to help vets exposed to burn pits
Dylan Stableford
Dylan Stableford·Senior Writer
Thu, July 28, 2022 at 12:09 PM·3 min read
Democratic lawmakers and activists, including Jon Stewart, expressed their anger and frustration on Capitol Hill on Thursday toward Republican senators who blocked a bipartisan bill that would expand health care access for military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
“This is total bulls***,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said at a press conference outside the Capitol on Thursday morning. “This is the worst form of politicization I’ve literally ever seen. This is total BS. We had the votes.”
Last month, the Senate voted 84-14 in favor of the legislation, called the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, which had passed the House earlier this year.
The measure would boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans suffering from exposure to the burn pits that were used in Iraq and Afghanistan to incinerate waste, with troops often using jet fuel as an accelerant.
https://news.yahoo.com/total-bull-outrage-gil...39445.html
GOP loves burn pits! Thanks for your service.
'Total bulls***': Anger boils over after Republicans block bill to help vets exposed to burn pits
Dylan Stableford
Dylan Stableford·Senior Writer
Thu, July 28, 2022 at 12:09 PM·3 min read
Democratic lawmakers and activists, including Jon Stewart, expressed their anger and frustration on Capitol Hill on Thursday toward Republican senators who blocked a bipartisan bill that would expand health care access for military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
“This is total bulls***,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said at a press conference outside the Capitol on Thursday morning. “This is the worst form of politicization I’ve literally ever seen. This is total BS. We had the votes.”
Last month, the Senate voted 84-14 in favor of the legislation, called the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, which had passed the House earlier this year.
The measure would boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans suffering from exposure to the burn pits that were used in Iraq and Afghanistan to incinerate waste, with troops often using jet fuel as an accelerant.
https://news.yahoo.com/total-bull-outrage-gil...39445.html
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