JUST IN: The Senate has voted to pass bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service. The bill now goes to President Biden to sign into law.
The Senate voted Tuesday night to pass a long-sought bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The final vote was 86-11.
Passage of the bill marks the end of a lengthy fight to get the legislation through Congress, as veterans and their advocates had been demonstrating on Capitol Hill for days. Many veterans were allowed into the Senate gallery to watch the final vote on Tuesday evening.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced after reaching the deal with Republicans who had blocked the bill from advancing last week while they sought to add cost-controlling amendment votes to the package.
Toomey discusses why he voted against bill to help vets exposed to toxic burn pits 03:54Tuesday's final vote followed votes on three amendments with a 60-vote threshold. Toomey's amendment, which would have made a change to a budget component of the legislation, failed as expected, in a vote of 47-48.Last week's surprise move by Republicans led to a swift backlash among veterans and veterans' groups, including protests on the US Capitol steps over the weekend and early this week.
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