Moran implores GOP colleagues to give a hoot about veterans

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall was among a number of GOP senators to reverse course and vote against a bill expanding veteran's eligibility for health care funds for medical conditions tied to burn pits and other toxins. That reversal drew an urgent plea from Sen. Jerry Moran, imploring Marshall to change his vote.

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July 29, 2022 - 2:25 PM

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has not endorsed fellow Republican former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Photo by (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

TOPEKA — U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall of Kansas split on a procedural motion leading to blockage of a bill expanding veterans’ eligibility for health care and benefits for medical conditions tied to burn pits and other toxins during military deployments.

The Senate motion failed Wednesday when Marshall and more than two dozen other Senate Republicans took exception to a revision of the Honoring Our PACT Act, which was previously approved by the House and Senate. The House passed 342-88 the amended bill to correct a technical flaw, but some 

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