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Robtard
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GOP Blocks Bill Aimed To Help Sick/Wounded Veterans

The Senate passed a bill to help sick veterans. Then 25 Republicans reversed course

Veterans and their loved ones gathered in Washington, D.C., on Thursday for what was supposed to be a long-awaited celebration.

The Senate finally was poised to pass a bill that would provide health care and benefits for millions of veterans injured by exposure to toxins, from Agent Orange in Vietnam to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead, in a surprise move, 25 Republican senators blocked the measure on Wednesday — even though they had voted in favor of it just one month earlier.

Known as the PACT Act, the bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage. It had been hailed as the largest expansion of care in VA history, and was expected to cost $280 billion over a decade. -snip

'Stab in the back': Iraq war veteran reacts after GOP blocks burn pit bill

GOP proving once again that they don't really give a single wet shit about "the troops". The good thing, there's a chance the Democracts can still push this through.

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Bashar Teg
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they've been getting away with blatantly f*cking over veterans since before we were even born

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And they fist-bumped to congratulate each other.

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Disgusting.

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Robtard
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Originally posted by Bashar Teg
they've been getting away with blatantly f*cking over veterans since before we were even born

Sad but true.

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Robtard
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And they fist-bumped to congratulate each other.

Good lord. Didn't know, but absolutely not surprised.

Even Newsmax couldn't get behind their deplorable move. When Ted Cruz runs again in 2024, his GOP rivals while bring this up.

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It's disgusting how veterans are treated. I just met a guy who's been to Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

He told me that they'd have a weekend of pure recuperation, ie. a drinking weekend, then straight back into combat.

When they raided a Taliban camp, he wondered why there were so many bags of soap powder everywhere, not realising they were bags of cocaine.

Since he got discharged, all he knew were drinking and that's all he's done.

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Bashar Teg
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the burn pits bill was just passed, after veterans' groups tore republican senators a new butthole

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Robtard
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the burn pits bill was just passed, after veterans' groups tore republican senators a new butthole

Thanks Democrats thumb up

It's sad Republicans have to be forced once again to actually care about our veterans, than just spouting empty "support the troops!" slogans.

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Libertarian Rand Paul justified opposing the bill, because veterans could not "prove" that exposure to burn pits "caused" their ailments.

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Robtard
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Libertarian Rand Paul justified opposing the bill, because veterans could not "prove" that exposure to burn pits "caused" their ailments.

Rand Paul is a Far-Right piece of shit.

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I wouldn't be surprised if he became someone's running mate in '24 or '28.

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Bashar Teg
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Libertarian Rand Paul justified opposing the bill, because veterans could not "prove" that exposure to burn pits "caused" their ailments.

straight out of putin's playbook

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