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lol... Can it. Love how most of the mods are partisian blue hacks now. Try educating yourself before spewing garbage. It took three tries to iron out issues. Y'all going to add more "words" to the auto-yellow list?
After 3 Tries, Veterans Toxic Exposure Bill -- the PACT Act -- Finally Passes US Senate
https://www.military.com/daily-news...e-bill-pact-act-finally-passes-us-senate.html
The move followed several days of negotiations between Senate Democrats and Republicans that resulted in three lawmakers offering amendments, on topics that included how to pay for the legislation and protect the Department of Veterans Affairs' private health care program from becoming overwhelmed by an influx of new patients.
Ultimately, the measure sailed past the 60 votes required to pass the bill.
The bill had already passed the Senate in June on an 84-14 vote, appearing to put it on a glide path to becoming law. But shortly after the Senate vote, House lawmakers discovered language that ran afoul of the Constitution's requirement that tax-related issues originate in the lower chamber. The problematic section would have provided a tax incentive to entice health care workers to move to rural VA facilities.
The House then passed a version of the bill without the tax language in a 342-88 vote earlier this month, kicking it back to the Senate; that vote failed.
But the third time was the charm.
I think you owe @IamStryker an apology... lol.

Great source you've got there. LOL at owing him an apology. The victim complex that some of you snowflakes have is incredible. Did I call his mother the c-word or something? I doubt Stryker feels like I owe him an apology. We were engaging in normal discourse for this forum, more politely than it often goes. Sorry for having a different opinion. Please forgive me!
