Anger as Republicans block bill to help military veterans exposed to toxins

[BS Filter]

We’ll in this case it’s REPUBLICANS letting down sick vets

Tell us what exactly is in the bill.

 

[Lesh]

There's obviously some bullshit attached to it that you're omitting. Try again.

You have no idea but you defend this out of blind faith

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You're entirely full of shit TitsUp. Conservatives have deepest respect for Veterans. Someone is lying.

cConservatives, so your point is meaningless

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Lol that is such bullshit. Clearly republicans in congress don’t give a flying fuck about veterans.

We value your opinion. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You have no idea but you defend this anyway?

What is actually in this piece of legislation?

 

[Blackrook]

Has anyone rendering an opinion actually read the bill to see what's in it?

 

[Lesh]

Senate procedural vote on burn pits legislation fails

A procedural vote to advance legislation aimed at helping millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits failed on Wednesday afternoon, in a surprise move that the Senate Veterans' Affairs chairman warned could cost veterans' lives.

www.cnn.com

It’s in the Military Times as well

What else was “slipped in”?

Money for the VA

 

[Papageorgio]

We’ll in this case it’s REPUBLICANS letting down sick vets

No it is Democrats taking out some GOP language, but it doesn't matter, the left and right always crap on veterans.

 

[BS Filter]

You have no idea but you defend this out of blind faith

Yes. I know how Democrats operate. You attach your pet projects that taxpayers won't support to bills that taxpayers will support. Then when it's rejected you cry that Republicans hate vets or whatever. You're lying snakes.

 

[BluesLegend]

Anger as Republicans block bill to help military veterans exposed to toxins

Jon Stewart, who has lobbied for bipartisan bill to expand healthcare for veterans, condemns ‘stab-vets-in-the-back senators’

www.theguardian.com

This seems incredibly petty. Just revenge for losing some vote the day before apparently.

Why does the GOP hate veterans ? They arent all Gay.

Dems are being punished for cramming through a partisan $1.2 trillion dollar PORK bill without a single Republican vote or opportunity to offer amendments so SUCK IT!

 

[BluesLegend]

Dem's can't fight dirty, freeze Republicans out and cram through tax increases that hurt the 50% of Americans Republicans represent then expect Republicans to work with them on other bills. Go F yourselves Dems.

 

[Osiris-ODS]

Take out the $400 billion in non-related special interest spending and it will pass with 100 votes. Simple as that.

 

[konradv]

A bill which is, no doubt, loaded with dem "extras".

Y'all are so gullible.

You don’t know? So this is just a BS post, eh? What extras? prosthetic legs?

 

[Lesh]

Take out the $400 billion in non-related special interest spending and it will pass with 100 votes. Simple as that.

You're full of shit.

Itemize that and let's see what you're talking about.

Do you even know?

 

[g5000]

You're entirely full of shit TitsUp. Conservatives have deepest respect for Veterans.

Not really. "Conservative" respect for veterans is just bullshit lip service.

I'm a retired veteran and my health care benefits were reduced by Paul Ryan's congress.

 

[g5000]

So what BS did the dems tack on to it? No Bill stands alone, it's always a vehicle for more dem spending.

From the OP:

John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, told CNN Republicans did not back the measure because Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, was blocking votes on amendments Republicans wanted.

So the real question is what BS did the Republicans try to tack onto it?

 

[1srelluc]

From the OP:

John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, told CNN Republicans did not back the measure because Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, was blocking votes on amendments Republicans wanted.

So the real question is what BS did the Republicans try to tack onto it?

See Post #16.

No offsetting spending cuts to pay for better than a quarter trillion in spending over 10 years it so it should have been killed as a matter of course.

Maybe the vets lobbying for it should have took that into account and suggested some cuts of their own to ease the tax-payer burden.....But no, as usual they just stand there with their hands held out....They give fuck-all about the tax-payer.

 

[g5000]

Simply put the dems (you know, the ones running congress) did not include any spending offsets so the Bill was both inflationary and a tax-payer burden..


Unfortunately, neither chamber has contemplated even a modest effort to offset new spending. As NTU has outlined previously, the House version of the Honoring our PACT Act would not offset any new spending. The Senate version of the bill contains no offsets either. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the Senate substitute could increase deficits by around $285 billion over 10 years. This legislation’s deficit impact is almost as large as that of the Build Back Better Act, and is larger than that of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year.

Senate Should Vote No on Honoring our PACT Act

All that said I suspect it had a lot to do with Manchin flip-flopping yesterday after the gop worked with the dems on the CHIP Bill and got it passed and got rolled for their trouble..

How funny. The Republicans who signed off on Trump's $8 trillion of debt are suddenly worried about too much spending.

Hypocrites. I'm sick of 'em.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Bullshit - They already voted on the same bill.

The Military Times reported Republicans scuttled the PACT Act because of “a surprise deal on health care and environmental policies announced by Senate Democratic leaders.” In other words, Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal on a domestic package, and Republicans were so outraged by Democratic efforts to govern that the Senate GOP threw a tantrum — one that would undermine veterans’ needs.

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article263912306.html

In other words, it was a poison pill.

Right.

The dog-shit GOP should get smart and do the same. An assault weapons ban bill with nothing but gun law repeals and pork funding for gun manufactures.

 

[1srelluc]

How funny. The Republicans who signed off on Trump's $8 trillion of debt are suddenly worried about too much spending.

Hypocrites. I'm sick of 'em.