The burn pits bill (the PACT act).
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 3 August 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The bill, short for the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, passed the Senate yesterday and is expected to be signed into law. Plus, a question about responding to reader emails.
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| 1:25.1 | PACT Act. That is the bill short for the |
| 1:27.8 | Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson honoring our promise to address Comprehensive Toxics Act. |
| 1:34.6 | Yes, I'm glad they're calling it the PACT Act. That is a lot easier. That bill passed the |
| 1:39.1 | Senate yesterday and is expected to be signed into law by President Biden ASAP. But as always, before we jump into that, we'll start off with some quick hits. |
| 1:54.0 | First up, voters in Kansas rejected a constitutional amendment by an 18-point margin that would |
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| 2:01.4 | all abortion procedures, a major win for pro-choice activists. Number two, in Michigan's Republican |
| 2:08.1 | primary for the third district, Trump endorsed John Gibbs narrowly defeated Representative Peter |
| 2:12.9 | Meyer, who voted for impeachment. Gibbs received a boost from the Democratic Party, who believes he will |
| 2:18.7 | be easier to defeat in a general election. In Arizona, Blake Masters narrowly defeated Jim |
| 2:25.2 | Lehman for the GOP nomination and will now face Senator Mark Kelly, the Democrat from Arizona, |
| 2:30.3 | in November. Number three, representatives Rashida's Leave, the Democrat from Michigan, and |
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