Pact Act

[GMDino]

The 25 gop members who suddenly had a problem with the bill wanted it to be funded year by year.

https://www.vox.com/2022/7/30/23284976/senate-republicans-pact-act-veterans

Quote:Shortly after his floor speech, Toomey told CNN he wants the funding of the bill handled through an annual appropriations process, rather than the current mandatory spending structure — basically, that he wants Congress to have to approve funding for the measure every year, rather than for it to be funded automatically.

Other Republican senators say they were convinced by this argument, and now, Schumer has said he will allow a vote on an appropriations amendment as the bill comes up for consideration again this week.

Toomey, who I'm glad is retiring, said he was leaving the amount of funding alone...and that part was true.

They wanted it to be discretionary vs mandatory...because "support the troops"?

And when the Democrats held they voted for the thing they voted for anyway.

It's worth noting that Rand Paul voted against it because we can't prove sick soldiers were not sick before they went into the military...and that he is a dbag.