Veterans rally in Twinsburg for PACT Act after legislation blocked by GOP Senators
The PACT Act would help veterans exposed to toxic chemicals, such as burn pits. It was blocked by Republican members of the US Senate last week.
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Bourque knows plenty of other veterans are in worse shape, experiencing issues ranging from liver problems to cancer. He remains optimistic that those exposed to burn pits will eventually get the healthcare they need. But after the Senate rejected ”
Arizona veterans respond to PACT Act being blocked in the Senate
Bourque knows plenty of other veterans are in worse shape, experiencing issues ranging from liver problems to cancer. He remains optimistic that those exposed to burn pits will eventually get the healthcare they need. But after the Senate rejected this week’s PACT Act, Bourque isn’t confident it will be passed anytime soon.
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Last week, Senate Republicans blocked the passage of the PACT Act, which would expand health care access to veterans exposed to burn pits. Their opposition — ostensibly because they wanted to vote on an amendment offered by Sen. PAT TOOMEY (R-Pa.), but difficult to divorce from the broader context of Democrats’ breakthrough on reconciliation talks
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Democrats are also hoping to pass the PACT Act to extend medical care to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their service, a bipartisan measure that Senate Republicans blocked last week.