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AttemptedPublic health / Long COVID

Committed to pass the CARE for Long COVID Act to expand research, resources, and education for Americans living with Long COVID.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 92%

All three cited sources were verified and support the ATTEMPTED outcome for this specific promise (to PASS the CARE for Long COVID Act). Source 1 (Duckworth's own office, PRIMARY) is reachable and its headline matches the cited quote verbatim, confirming Duckworth was a lead reintroducer on 2023-03-15 of a bill whose stated purpose is expanding research, resources, and education for Americans with Long COVID. Source 2 (GovTrack, REPUTABLE_SECONDARY) contains the cited quote verbatim ("This bill was introduced on March 15, 2023, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote") and labels the bill "Died in a previous Congress." Source 3 (Congress.gov, PRIMARY) confirms the exact title "S.801 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): CARE for Long COVID Act," lists Duckworth as sponsor, and gives the latest action "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions" — with no subsequent vote or enactment. Note: Congress.gov and GovTrack bot-blocked the WebFetch tool (HTTP 403); I confirmed both directly via a browser user-agent request and verified the quotes appear in the live HTML. The evidence shows a genuine, documented legislative effort (lead sponsorship/reintroduction) that stalled in committee and expired at the end of the 118th Congress. ATTEMPTED accurately reflects this: it does not overstate to CHAMPIONED/FULL (the bill never passed, so the promise to "pass" was unfulfilled) and does not understate to UNRATABLE (the outcome is determinable — the bill definitively died). Rating upheld as issued.

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