{"id":29543,"date":"2022-07-28T00:38:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/28\/new-benefits-for-burn-pit-victims-in-limbo-after-senate-republicans-block-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:24:00","slug":"new-benefits-for-burn-pit-victims-in-limbo-after-senate-republicans-block-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2022\/07\/28\/new-benefits-for-burn-pit-victims-in-limbo-after-senate-republicans-block-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"New benefits for burn pit victims in limbo after Senate Republicans block plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A surprise deal on health care and environmental policies announced by Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon produced an unexpected casualty: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/burn-pits\/2022\/06\/16\/here-are-the-veterans-who-will-benefit-from-congress-sweeping-toxic-exposure-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">comprehensive toxic exposure legislation<\/a> veterans advocates expected to pass this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/burn-pits\/2022\/06\/07\/despite-cost-veterans-toxic-exposure-bill-gains-bipartisan-backing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act<\/a> \u2014 better known as the PACT Act \u2014 had been up for a procedural vote in the chamber with an expectation of final passage before the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/burn-pits\/2022\/05\/24\/deal-on-toxic-exposure-bill-includes-more-va-staff-dozens-of-new-va-medical-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\">culmination of years of work<\/a> by advocates to improve health care and benefits for veterans suffering injuries from burn pit smoke, Agent Orange spraying and other military contaminant exposure. It has been widely celebrated as a potential landmark legislative victory in veterans policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/06\/16\/here-are-the-veterans-who-will-benefit-from-congress-sweeping-toxic-exposure-bill\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201591.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here are the veterans who will benefit from Congress\u2019 sweeping toxic exposure bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Veterans who served in Afghanistan, the first Gulf War, Vietnam and numerous other overseas locations could see new benefits under the plan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure passed the Senate by a comfortable 84-14 vote in early June, and by a 342-88 vote in the House two weeks ago with significant Republican support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Wednesday, after technical corrections sent the measure back to the Senate for another procedural vote, 41 Senate Republicans blocked the measure, leaving its future uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican lawmakers who had previously voted against the measure, including Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reiterated objections to how the money connected to the measure (about $300 billion over 10 years) would be accounted for in the regular appropriations process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the block came just as Democratic leaders announced plans for a comprehensive budget reconciliation measure \u2014 a plan that the GOP caucus previously pledged to oppose, including increased efforts to snarl normal business in the chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic leaders immediately attacked their colleagues putting political vendettas ahead of needed veterans benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis eleventh-hour act of cowardice will actively harm this country\u2019s veterans and their families,\u201d said Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont. \u201cRepublicans chose today to rob generations of toxic-exposed veterans across this country of the health care and benefits they so desperately need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd make no mistake, more veterans will suffer and die as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight Senate Republicans \u2014 including Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee ranking member Jerry Moran, R-Kansas \u2014 voted for moving ahead with the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican leaders gave no public comment on the reasons behind the surprise move, or on what changes would be needed to move the legislation ahead. The Senate is scheduled to go on a month-long recess on Aug. 5, and advocates had hoped to have the PACT Act on the president\u2019s desk before then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That timeline appears out of reach now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it becomes law, about one in five living American veterans could benefit from the PACT Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bill would establish a presumption of service connection for 23 respiratory illnesses and cancers related to the smoke from burn pits, used extensively in those war zones to dispose of various types of waste, many of them toxic.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/05\/24\/deal-on-toxic-exposure-bill-includes-more-va-staff-dozens-of-new-va-medical-clinics\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201591.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Deal on toxic exposure bill includes more VA staff, dozens of new VA medical clinics<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The sweeping bill could be one of the most expensive and most impactful veterans policy measures approved by Congress in years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also provides for new benefits for veterans who faced radiation exposure during deployments throughout the Cold War; adds hypertension and monoclonal gammopathy to the list of illnesses linked to Agent Orange exposure in the Vietnam War; expands the timeline for Gulf War medical claims; and requires new medical exams for all veterans with toxic exposure claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans who served in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Guam during the Vietnam War-era would be covered for the first time under the same Agent Orange presumptive policies as those who served in Vietnam itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced the outline of the budget reconciliation deal with details to come next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Associated Press, officials said the plan would spend about $369 billion on energy and climate initiatives and $64 billion to extend expiring federal subsidies for people buying health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would also raise $739 billion in revenue over 10 years, the biggest chunk coming from a 15% corporate minimum tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic lawmakers and veterans advocates are scheduled to rally for PACT Act passage Thursday morning. Chamber leaders said they would keep working on finding a path forward for the legislation in coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today the Senate voted on bipartisan legislation that would\u2019ve gotten toxic-exposed Washington state veterans the care they badly need and have earned.<br><br>Republicans\u2014who already voted for it before\u2014let it fail. How dare they use veterans as a bargaining chip.<\/p>&mdash; Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PattyMurray\/status\/1552432974163050497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The measure was expected to be passed this week, but now faces an uncertain future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":60789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":19,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,23,93,12,25,67,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3226],"class_list":["post-29543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-middle-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress","category-veterans"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"JU23W5JRRBCEDCUNRTUXRQGSJU","arc_canonical_url":"\/veterans\/2022\/07\/27\/new-benefits-for-burn-pit-victims-in-limbo-after-senate-republicans-block-plan\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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