microphor wrote:
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania voted no in June and Wednesday because of how the money is accounted for, though he supports the purpose of the legislation.
Toomey objects to the the bill because it includes language that would move money from discretionary to mandatory spending, freeing up about $400 billion in discretionary spending for anything, including programs unrelated to veterans
Politicians do this shit all the time. Put shit in the bills that allow them to redirect the $ else where. Both sides are tired of it. The $ should be used for Burn Pit Vets only, not their dogs, not the border, not the Ukraine war, not anything else!
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania voted n... (
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On some things we can agree.