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Senators for blocking a bill that would support veterans that suffer exposure to burn pits. some of those republicans reversing their votes in some cases. later today the senate is expected to vote on that act, the p.a.c.t. act again. republican senator pat toomey blocked the key procedural vote last week. toomey defending his vote and slamming the bill's advocate, jon stewart. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans, and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime t could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemical...

To come year after year. he wants to shift this over to discretionary spending which gives congress more of a say every year on the spending proposal. this bill would deal with health care for those veterans who have been exposed to the burning waste, those burn pits on those bases. those can lead to respiratory illnesses and provide up to 3.5 million toxic exposed veterans health care. this would cost roughly $280 billion over a decade. pat toomey defended his opposition by contending democrats were pushing forward with budget gimmicks. >> this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a...

To kill the pact act, which would've helped veterans who worked and burn pits. let's watch this, we'll talk about it real fast on the other side. >> what do you say to those who find it impossible to believe that of all the multi trillions of dollars in their federal budget, this is where you and republicans decided to take a stand? >> people take a sympathetic group of americans, it will be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, it could be veterans have been exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems and then sneak in something completely unrelated th...

This is where you and republicans decided to take a stand? >> here's what you need to keep in mind, jake. first of all, this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, it could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare republicans to do anything about it because they know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudocelebr...

In mind, jake. first of all, this is the oldest trick in washington. people take a sympathetic group of americans, and it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of a crime, it could be veterans exposed to toxic chemicals, craft a bill to address their problems and sneak in something unrelated that they know could never be passed on their own and dare republicans to do something about it because they know they'll unleash their allies and a pseudo celebrity to make up false accusations to get us to swallow what's been here. >> this was in the bill last month. >> yeah, and we were...