House passes bill to expand care for veterans exposed to burn pits

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Axios

The House passed a bill on Wednesday to expand health care access for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

Driving the news: The bill, which passed 342 votes to 88, would make it easier for more than 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to obtain health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, per a statement from House Veterans' Affairs Chair Mark Takano (D-Calif.)

The big picture: President Biden advocated for the legislation in his State of the Union speech earlier this year and has said he believes that toxic exposure from burn pits contributed to the brain cancer that killed his son Beau Biden.

Takano in his statement paid tribute to activists, including comedian Jon Stewart, and veterans exposed to burn pits who have for years campaigned for the expansion.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/14/house-veterans-burn-pits-exposure-bill-health-care

[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. Jon Stewart will be happy about this.

Probably involved in its passage.

[James48]

2. The story is:

That EIGHTY-EIGHT republicans voted AGAINST caring for veterans who were injured by exposure during military service.

EIGHTY-EIGHT republicans voted against veterans. They hate our men and women in uniform.

That is the story. Spread the word far and wide.

[Rebl2]

3. Wonder who

the republicans are that voted against it.

[James48]

5. Here you go

Roll Call vote # 309:

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022309?Page=5

[jmowreader]

6. You guessed it

Boebert and Greene both opposed the bill. Gosar, however, was in favor of it.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Deplorables.