On bill to aid veterans exposed to toxins, Cruz’s pitch falls short

But there's one thing that Cruz has conveniently skipped right past: The provision he calls a "budgetary trick" was in the bill when he voted for it. 

 As The Military Times explained, "Several Republican senators who objected last week have justified their flip in recent days by insisting that Democrats only recently inserted the problematic issues into the bill, but the discretionary spending language provisions are the same as June, when the measure easily passed the Senate."…

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