Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Veterans Affairs Chair Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) during a press conference this afternoon on burn pit legislation.

Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hold a press conference on the PACT Act burn-pit legislation outside the U.S. Capitol June 16, 2022. (Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO)

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Senate Republicans blocked the legislation, which boosts benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances while on duty, despite previous overwhelming support.

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