Jon Talks About the Passing of the PACT Act
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Jon is joined by staff writers Kasaun Wilson and Rob Christensen to talk about his fight to get the PACT Act—which gives urgently needed healthcare to sick veterans—passed in the Senate. He discusses battling Republican misinformation and the behind-the-scenes work it took to achieve this victory. Plus, Kay and Rob chat about their struggle to behave in the Senate gallery, Jon’s Bernie Sanders impression, and what the Senate has in common with an assisted living facility.
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CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Rob Christensen and Kasaun Wilson
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Zach Goldbaum, Caity Gray, and Robby Slowik
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Engineer & Editor: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Frederika Morgan
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Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Kris Acimovic
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| 0:00.0 | On this vote, the yeas are 86, the nays are 11. |
| 0:06.5 | Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this motion to concur, |
| 0:11.9 | the motion is agreed to. |
| 0:35.9 | Hello, welcome to the problem with John Stewart. |
| 0:39.2 | My name is Kesson Wilson. |
| 0:40.6 | I'm Rob Christensen. |
| 0:42.0 | We're both writers on the show. |
| 0:43.9 | For this podcast, we're going to do it a little different. |
| 0:46.0 | Kesson and I are going to host and we're going to bring in a very special guest, our boss, |
| 0:52.3 | Mr. John Stewart, welcome to your podcast. |
| 0:57.6 | A very tired person who was left DC at 8 p.m. last night. |
| 1:05.7 | Truly. |
| 1:06.7 | You know, you know, I didn't realize that legislating can give you a hangover. |
| 1:11.2 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:12.2 | So it's drunk on democracy? |
| 1:14.2 | Drunk on democracy, motherfucker. |
| 1:15.5 | That must be why they don't do much of it in DC. |
| 1:17.7 | Oh, man. |
| 1:18.7 | So we have so much to talk about that happened yesterday. |
| 1:22.1 | I know. |
| 1:23.1 | The passing of the Pact Act and what the Pact Act did is that it provided healthcare for veterans |
| 1:29.3 | who were injured by the burn pits. |
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