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Jun 26, 2022

Recent events For the Camp Lejeune Justice Act -update

 Camp Lejeune Justice Act

 
Update on the CLJA: At the eleventh hour, the House of Representatives stopped the expected vote on the PACT Act yesterday by issuing a “blue slip.” A blue slip is a procedural challenge to a bill when the bill “originates” in the wrong Chamber. Any bill with a provision relating to revenue must originate in the House. In this case, when the Senate passed its version of the PACT Act, it added a revenue provision that had not been included in the House version. 
 
The House noticed the revenue provision at the last minute and pulled the bill from the floor schedule—so there was no vote, and none is anticipated on the bill, as it stands, any time soon. Instead, the Senate must take up the bill again to strip the revenue provision and get it back to the House without the problematic provision. The easiest way to do this would be for Senator Schumer to request and obtain unanimous consent from the Senate. 
 
While possible, such consent is extremely unlikely given that it takes only one Senator to object to break unanimity. That means that the Senate will almost certainly need to go through a full round of votes to take the revenue provision out, and then send the bill back to the House for a vote. Alternatively, the House could pass a new bill with the revenue provision in it, and send that bill back to the Senate. But under those circumstances, too, the Senate will need to go through a full round of votes to pass the bill. 
 
Because there are only two days left before the Senate goes home for two weeks (until July 11), there will likely be no action until mid-July at the earliest. Action in the Senate is also dependent on Leadership’s willingness to devote another week—or more—of floor time to the bill, which is still uncertain. Standard caveat with all things Congress: Everything is fluid and things can change on a dime.
 
I will update again when new information comes out.

Jun 16, 2022

PACT ACT Passes the Senate!

Good news!!

Today the Senate passed the PACT ACT by a vote of 84/14!

I appreciate all the help everyone put in to get us to this day. 

Please be sure to thank your Senators for keeping their promise to our Veterans.

It's a historic day for Veterans and their families! Congratulations all!