With a fist bump on the floor of the Senate, Senators Daines and Cruz celebrate the Republicans blocking what might have been the final Senate vote on the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022 . Another Republican senator tells Senator Daines “Well done” suggesting that Senator Daines orchestrated blocking the vote. Turn on full screen for best view.
After the failed vote, Senator Tester (D-Mont.) took to the Senate floor to remind his colleagues why the Honoring Our PACT Act is important and how the Senate appropriation process works.
The next day, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) took to the U.S. Senate floor to slam Senate Republicans for blocking passage of the Honoring our PACT Act, legislation to expand health care benefits for veterans. The bill had passed a month earlier by a vote of 84-14, but due to a procedural error, the Senate took a vote to fix the error, which failed by a vote of 55 to 42.