Daily News | Bob Casey joined the outrage as Democrats hammer Pat Toomey over a stalled bill to help veterans
, who has taken up the veterans’ cause. The bill aims to help veterans who say work around toxic burn pits has led to cancer and other ailments.
This time, though, Republicans balked because of a funding mechanism in the bill. Toomey — who also voted against the measure the first time — has pushed for an amendment, saying the way it’s written now could open the door to $400 billion in unrelated spending. the underlying aim of the bill, and are trying to fix a potential spending end-around. There’s a “very easy path to a very big vote on this bill,” Toomey said, if the measure is altered.While Casey and Toomey differ sharply on policy, they rarely, if ever, openly criticize each other, and they work together on many issues.
from 84 votes to 55, short of the 60 needed to advance it in the Senate. All of the opposition comes fromThe fight has become a national controversy, driven in large part by Stewart’s scathing social media posts, including some directed at Toomey.
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