GOP Struggles To Blame Votes Against Veteran Health On Anyone But Themselves

Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer affirms PACT Act will return to the senate floor after Republicans’ blockage last week. The Majority Report crew discuss how the bill would provide additional health care benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service.

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Today in the senate, Chuck Schumer said he's going to bring up the PACT Act again. This is the bill that would provide for veterans’ health care for those who have been exposed in theater or even in on their bases to toxic chemicals of one form or another and need extra health care because of it. The Republicans voted for this a couple of weeks ago. There had to be a technical fix for it, and no one anticipated that the republicans would vote against it in fact i think there was a lot of veterans who were on the Hill to celebrate that it was going to be passed and the Republicans were mad that Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer had struck a deal on reconciliation, so they decided to punish the Democrats…