Senate passes historic vote bringing health care relief to burn pit vets

The Senate approved a bill to provide treatment for veterans sickened after inhaling toxic fumes from burn pits overseas, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The Honoring Our PACT Act’s passage is a culmination of a decades-long fight by veterans and their families for the U.S. government to provide proper treatment for the severe illnesses any service members developed after they returned home from battle.

"You know, this is one of those days where you feel like all the hard work and the blood, sweat and tears that they all put in over all those years have finally paid off," comedian and activist, Jon Stewart, said during a press conference on Capitol Hill after the final vote. "The real work of administrating this bill begins. This doesn't solve anybody's problem. This just removes the burden from their fight that should have been there in the first place."