41 Republican Senators

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The bill didn’t move forward in the Senate because it didn’t get the 60 votes it needed because 41 Republicans were against it.

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The bill, known as the PACT Act, represents the most significant extension of healthcare coverage for veterans in years...

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In Afghanistan and Iraq, waste was often burned in pits. This exposed military members to toxins that have been linked to a number...

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Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana who is chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and helped write the bill...

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This eleventh-hour act of cowardice will actively harm this country’s veterans and their families. Republicans chose today to rob...

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On Thursday, comedian Jon Stewart ripped into Republicans on Capitol Hill. Stewart is a supporter of veterans and the people...

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The bill has a lot of support from Republican senators. It passed the upper chamber last month with a vote of 84 to 14.

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