Senate Passes Bill Benefitting Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits

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The Senate passed a bill that expands health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The passage comes after days of protests from former service members and comedian Jon Stewart that pressured Republicans to lift their blockade of the $280 billion package.

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That's great news for our veterans. Congress did something actually worthwhile. More than serving themselves. I'm impressed!

jeffreylindsey
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Senators who flipped on our veterans? John Barrasso, Marsha Blackburn, Roy Blunt, Mike Braun, Bill Cassidy, John Cornyn, Tom Cotton, Kevin Cramer, Ted Cruz, Joni Ernst, Deb Fischer, Bill Hagerty, Josh Hawley, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Jim Inhofe, Ron Johnson, John Kennedy, Roger Marshall, Mitch McConnell, Rob Portman, Ben Sasse, Tim Scott, Rick Scott, Dan Sullivan and Todd Young.

alexnotinterested
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The GOP only did it because they were shamed into doing it! Much respect and thanks to Jon Stewart for going the extra mile to help get this legislation passed.🇺🇸

richmoves
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💕John Stewart is our very
own 💪standup Zelenskyy !

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Thank you to John and the veterans for helping push the republicans to do the right thing!

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they deserve better from the government

ldwankenobi
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apparently the GOP does have a tiny bit of shame left in them.

davidh