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Veterans, New York pols celebrate PACT Act passage – but fume over obstruction

By Dean Moses

Posted on August 3, 2022

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After a week-long uproar among veterans and their supporters nationwide, the PACT Act to expand health care benefits for those who served our country and were exposed to deadly toxins was finally passed in the Senate Tuesday night.

The passage came days after veterans joined Senators Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System to decry Republican-led obstruction to the bill, which had failed to pass last week.

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Veterans, New York pols celebrate PACT Act passage – but fume over obstruction

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