Robert Gehrke: “Getting past the divide won’t be easy — the entire system is designed to supercharge polarization and reward divisiveness.”
The PACT Act shows it’s still possible for a broken government to get it right when partisan differences are set aside.
It’s easy to be cynical about how broken and polarized Congress is. When I left Washington 16 years ago it felt like it was already circling the toilet — and it’s only got worse since. . Smith enlisted at age 17, flew on a Blackhawk helicopter, and when she came home was diagnosed with cancer on her kidney, but has qualified for enhanced benefits under the bill.
“I know that if anything serious were to come up, thankfully because of the PACT Act, I would most certainly qualify” for benefits, he told me.
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