
Toxic Burn Pits and Playing with Democracy
The Church Politics Podcast
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The Comprehensive Toxic Act Is Still Pending
The comprehensive toxic act, or the packed act, is stalled. It would lift the burden of proof from the vet and crea a presumption that vets who served at certain certain periods in certain areas were exposed to burn pits. The bill was passed out of the senate in a bipartisan manner in june but then it was sent back to the senate once it was in the house for some technical issues. A republican senator offered an amendment to put parameters on the 400 billion dollars,. He want to say, i don't want this to go to things that aren't related to veterans. But now democrats are coming back and saying, well, if you add his amendment, then that would actually lead
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