US Republican Senators created national outrage when they bumped fists after voting to hold up aid bound for military veterans suffering from burn-pit exposure. US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was captured on CSPAN video Thursday fist-bumping US Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT.) when Republicans blocked the PACT Act, which would allow soldiers, sailors and airmen exposed to burn pits of smoldering toxic waste in combat zones to be covered by the Veterans Affairs health care system for such illnesses as cancer. (Screenshot from CSPAN)
US Republican Senators created national outrage when they bumped fists after voting to hold up aid bound for military veterans suffering from burn-pit exposure. US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was captured on CSPAN video Thursday fist-bumping US Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT.) when Republicans blocked the PACT Act, which would allow soldiers, sailors and airmen exposed to burn pits of smoldering toxic waste in combat zones to be covered by the Veterans Affairs health care system for such illnesses as cancer. (Screenshot from CSPAN)
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