It was an emotional day on Capitol Hill as veterans, advocates, veteran families, legislators, and comedian activist Jon Stewart blasted Senate Republicans who blocked legislation that would help post-9/11 veterans suffering from illnesses related to deployment.

The disappointment was a shock to many as activists were at the Capitol planning to celebrate the passage of the bill sometime this week. The final vote was 55-42 in favor, but it needed 60 votes to invoke cloture and end debate.

In June, the U.S. Senate comfortably passed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, better known as the PACT Act, with support from both sides of the aisle. The legislation is named after an Ohio solider who died in 2020 from a rare form of lung cancer after serving in Kosovo and Iraq in the early 2000s.

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