PACT Act
In an unexpected move, 41 Republican senators last week blocked what was seemingly a bipartisan bill expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits last Wednesday. The bill, named the PACT Act, is designed to provide health care benefits for veterans who were exposed to burn pits during deployment – open-air trash sites that disposed of military waste through burning. - USA Today
TLDR
Jon Stewart was right. Every single word matches & nothing has changed.
The Bills
This repository contains the text of the two bills (S.3373 & H.R.3967). GOP Senators claim the bills are different. Review the difference of the bills yourself here.
Passed Senate - S.3373
- Passed Senate 06/16/2022
- Passed by Yea-Nay Vote: 84 - 14
- 716 words & 4,758 characters
- 147 lines of text
- text of document from 06/16/2022
Failed Senate - H.R.3967
- Rejected in Senate 07/27/2022
- Failed by Yea-Nay Vote: 55 - 42
- 716 words & 4,758 characters
- 147 lines of text
- text of document from 07/27/2022
- equivalent to S.3373