{"id":1583404,"date":"2022-08-01T17:50:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583404"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:50:33","slug":"gop-rejects-mandatory-400-billion-appropriation-in-burn-pits-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rejects-mandatory-400-billion-appropriation-in-burn-pits-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rejects \u2018Mandatory\u2019 $400 Billion Appropriation in Burn Pits Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rejects-mandatory-400-billion-appropriation-in-burn-pits-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans say the funding could be used for things &#8216;completely unrelated&#8217; to veterans&#8217; health<\/p>\n<p>A bill designed to provide extra benefits to veterans affected by exposure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-burn-pits\">burn pits<\/a> overseas is facing opposition by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-senate\">Senate<\/a> Republicans over Democrats\u2019 efforts to include $400 billion in spending that Republicans say is unrelated to helping veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, dubbed the \u201cHonoring Our PACT Act,\u201d is overwhelmingly supported by members on both sides of the aisle inasmuch as it seeks to provide new benefits and care options for veterans who have suffered long-term damage from exposure to burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bill would also authorize $400 billion in new spending that Republican critics say could be used for purposes unrelated to that key focus, which has drawn GOP opposition to the bill, despite the party\u2019s support for the core of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who joined his GOP colleagues last week in blocking the bill from advancing, explained Republicans\u2019 concerns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toomey.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/toomey-congress-must-protect-veterans-care-bill-from-being-used-as-vehicle-for-massive-unrelated-spending-binge#:~:text=The%20PACT%20Act%20as%20written,and%20other%20benefits%20for%20veterans\">in a statement<\/a> released following the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PACT Act as written includes a budget gimmick that would allow $400 billion of current law spending to be moved from the discretionary to the mandatory spending category,\u201d Toomey explained. \u201cThis provision is completely unnecessary to achieve the PACT Act\u2019s stated goal of expanding health care and other benefits for veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would enable an additional $400 billion in future discretionary spending completely unrelated to veterans,\u201d he added. \u201cBy failing to remove this gimmick, Congress would effectively be using an important veterans care bill to hide a massive, unrelated spending binge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the failed vote, some Democrats and liberals have used the opportunity to suggest that Republicans do not care about veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the vote, comedian and activist Jon Stewart said on CNN that Republicans\u2019 opposition to the bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill designed to provide extra benefits to veterans affected by exposure to burn pits overseas is facing opposition by Senate Republicans over Democrats\u2019 efforts to include $400 billion in spending that Republicans say is unrelated to helping veterans. 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