Jon Stewart blasts Senate Republicans over veterans burn pits bill
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Comedian Jon Stewart lambasted Senate Republicans Thursday over their failure to pass a bill to expand health benefits to military veterans.
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"Yeah, just it’s — it just makes the gut punch that much more devastating is that these people all came down here so that they could finally tell the men," Stewart said, who became visibly emotional. "Their constituents are dying."
The legislation passed the House with some bipartisan support, but it fell short of the necessary 60 votes in the Senate.
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