Posted on 07/29/2022 6:25:42 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Supporters of a plan to expand benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances and fumes are furious after a surprising defeat in a Senate procedural vote left the bill in limbo.
Veterans advocates and lawmakers who support the bill are vowing to keep fighting for its passage, framing Wednesday night's shocking development as a delay rather than a defeat. Still, it's a delay they say could cost cancer-stricken veterans their lives as they wait for care and should be blamed on a group of Republican senators they described as "liars," "hypocrites" and "cowards."
"How are these people human? Where's any sense of decency?" comedian and veterans advocate Jon Stewart said. "And sadly, [the veterans] are the people that fought and defended their right to this f---ery."
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‘...where are the Reps out there telling WHY they dint vote for it???’
Exactly! Seems GOP never learns....Dems immediately SHOUT their positions but, imho, GOP never ‘fights back’. And, sadly, many people then believe what Dems say...whether true or not.
The Democrats create a pork bill with 5-10% for a worthy cause and entitle it with a noble sounding name; then blame the Republicans for not voting for it.
GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, who voted against the bill, said it includes a "budget gimmick that would allow $400 billion of current law spending to be moved from the discretionary to the mandatory spending category."
"By failing to remove this gimmick, Congress would effectively be using an important veterans care bill to hide a massive, unrelated spending binge," he said in a statement.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday called on Schumer to consider Toomey's amendment to the bill.
"As written, the legislation would not just help America's veterans as designed. It could also allow Democrats to effectively spend the same money twice and enable hundreds of billions in new, unrelated spending on the discretionary side of the federal budget," McConnell, who voted against the measure, said.
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