The Associated Press reports that the United States Senate approved the PACT Act on Tuesday night. This bill is likely to significantly expand veterans’ health care.
AP:
On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill to improve the health and disability care for veterans living near toxic burn pits. It ended a short-term stalemate that angered many and inspired others to gather outside the Capitol. …
By a vote of 11 to 86, the Senate passed the bill.
Although the bill had been approved by the Senate in June, it required that the legislation be re-approved for technical reasons. This process was stopped last week by Republicans who attempted to amend another section of the bill.
Senate Republicans had hoped to use the amendment process to get extra spending larded on to the legislation–which was unrelated to veteran care–removed, but those efforts failed on Tuesday before the final vote in the upper chamber.
In reaction to the legislation’s passage, President Joe Biden vowed to sign the bill:
PACT Act by bipartisans is the most significant expansion of health benefits for veterans with service-related issues in thirty years. Veterans who have suffered from toxic toxins may now have faster access to benefits and health services.
This bill is something I am looking forward to signing.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 3, 2022
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