Eleven Republican senators voted Tuesday against a bipartisan measure, the PACT Act, that is designed to help veterans.

The bill was approved in the Senate by a vote of 86-11 a week after 41 Republicans elected to stall the final passage of the measure, citing concerns over its cost. Twenty-five Republicans who voted against the bill last week voted for a nearly identical version of the legislation in June.

The effort to block the legislation caused an uproar among veterans groups, with critics arguing that aid for veterans was being held hostage over GOP opposition to another measure, the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes significant amount of money to combat climate change and lower health care costs.

On Tuesday, the 11 no votes included:

Mitt Romney of Utah
Rand Paul of Kentucky
Mike Crapo of Idaho
James Lankford of Oklahoma
Mike Lee of Utah
Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
James Risch of Idaho
Richard Shelby of Alabama
Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
Thom Tillis of North Carolina
All 11 senators also voted against the bill in June.

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ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

I heard about this. The Republicans claim to be pro-military. Many of the Republican talk show hosts are always congratulating people for their service. (Yet, few if any of them served.) It looks like their pro-military talk is just that a bunch of empty words.

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ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@Rayce Please post where I said that. 🤣

Rayce · M

@ProfessorPlum77 why does it matter if a Republican talk show host didnt serve in the military? Why does that have anything to do with thanking a person for their service? That's what its all about, people who didnt serve thanking those who did.
Obviously the Republicans didn't vote against the veterans, they voted against Democrat corruption. If the bill was just money for the veterans the bill would have passed but no the Democrats were slipping in money for themselves.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@Rayce 1. I have noticed that many Republican talk show hosts have not served. Limbaugh, Hannity, Schnitt (well he is a RINO, so he may not count,) Pags to name four. It matters because they are quick to support the neocon agenda, but never put any skin (literally) in the game.
2. Yeah, No Republican has ever voted in favor of a bill that would help them financially. 🤣

Rayce · M

You dont know enough to post this crap.
The problem is with these bills is the extra stuff the Democrats slip in that they know wont pass by themselves. In this case the Democrats were trying to free up money to spend that they didnt have to say what it was for, "manditory spending". I dont remember the exact details but Senator Ted Cruz layed it out on his pod cast exactly what the Democrats did and why the Republicans didnt go along with it. If the Bill was just about giving to the veterans all the Republicans would have voted for it. This is what the Democrats do, and when the Republicans dont go along with the corruption, in this case the Democrats scream "the Republicans hate the veterans"!!! And networks like CNN report this disinformation and never report the entire story.

Outdoorfreedom · 56-60, M

@Rayce very true.

bijouxbroussard · F

I’m kinda surprised at Mitt, but the others, not so much. The fact that the GOP supported Trump, who made fun of a prisoner of war, would indicate they don’t care that much about veterans. 😞

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