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Tester responds to toxic burn pit legislation failing

by DARRELL EHRLICK Daily Montanan
| July 29, 2022 8:10 AM

Last month, 84 United States senators voted in favor of bipartisan legislation that would have extended health coverage for military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and later suffer diseases because of those harmful effects.

However, in a stunning floor vote on Wednesday night, the Senate fell four votes shy of passing the legislation that had been at least two years in the making by Montana’s senior Sen...

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