These 41 Republican senators blocked a bill to expand healthcare for veterans exposed to toxic...

41 worthless oxygen thieves that need to be voted out. It's pretty rich when republicans argue against spending after their spending spree and tax breaks for the rich.

"budget gimmick that would allow $400 billion of current law spending to be moved from the discretionary to the mandatory spending category."

"By failing to remove this gimmick, Congress would effectively be using an important veterans care bill to hide a massive, unrelated spending binge," he said in a statement.

MSgt Steve Sweeney
...""Senator Toomey decides that he wants to rewrite the bill, change the rules, and tank it," Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said during a Thursday press conference. "How he convinced 25 of his colleagues to change their votes — I have no idea. What the hell?"

"This is total bullshit," she said.

Here are the 41 Republican senators who opposed the bill:

John Barrasso of Wyoming
Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
Josh Hawley of Missouri
Roy Blunt of Missouri
Mike Braun of Indiana
Todd Young of Indiana
Richard Burr of North Carolina
Thom Tillis of North Carolina
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
John Kennedy of Louisiana
John Cornyn of Texas
Ted Cruz of Texas
Tom Cotton of Arkansas
Dan Sullivan of Arkansas
Kevin Cramer of North Dakota
Steve Daines of Montana
Joni Ernst of Iowa
Deb Fischer of Nebraska
Ben Sasse of Nebraska
Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma
James Lankford of Oklahoma
Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
Mike Lee of Utah
Mitt Romney of Utah
Roger Marshall of Kansas
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
Rand Paul of Kentucky
Rob Portman of Ohio
Mike Crapo of Idaho
James Risch of Idaho
Mike Rounds of South Dakota
John Thune of South Dakota
Rick Scott of Florida
Tim Scott of South Carolina
Richard Shelby of Alabama
Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania"...