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9/11 health bill falls short in Senate
Senate Republicans on Thursday derailed a bill to aid people who got sick after exposure to dust from the World Trade Center’s collapse in the Sept. 11 attack.
9/11 health bill fails first test, Senate Republicans filibuster measure in 57-42 vote
Compassion took a back seat to politics Thursday as Senate Republicans blocked a bill to help sick 9/11 heroes.
Republicans Block U.S. Health Aid for 9/11 Workers
Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the World Trade Center attack in 2001.
The Senate Stands for Injustice
On one of the most shameful days in the modern history of the Senate, the Republican minority on Thursday prevented a vote to allow gay and lesbian soldiers to serve openly in the military of the United States. They chose to filibuster a vital defense bill because it also banned discrimination in the military ranks.
Zadroga’s dad ponders stalled legislation
Joseph Zadroga was mystified Thursday about how Republican senators could block the legislation, named for his son, to compensate Ground Zero workers for illnesses stemming from breathing in toxic fumes and dust near the World Trade Center site.
Senate Delays Vote on 9/11 Health Bill
The Senate postponed a planned Wednesday vote on a $7.4 billion package for sick Ground Zero workers as lawmakers continued to wrestle with other issues, like tax cuts and defense spending.
Zadroga Act backers appeal to Sen. Mike Enzi after he circulates opposition letter to 9/11 bill
The heroes of 9/11 swarmed the Senate office Tuesday of the man they see as their chief opponent in their fight to win aid for ailing Ground Zero responders.
Senate closing in on votes to pass bill to aid Ground Zero workers, residents
A $7.4 billion package of health-care benefits and compensation to those sickened by exposure to Ground Zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks faces a critical hurdle in the Senate Wednesday.
Sen. Gillibrand pushes back against GOP group’s ‘partisan rhetoric’ over 9/11 health bill
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing back against the GOP’s “pack of lies” about the 9/11 health bill in hopes of finding one more Republican willing to help ill heroes of the terror attacks.
Pete King Pushes Back on Republicans’ 9/11 Health Care Memo
Congressman Peter King–the lone Republican co-sponsor of the 9/11 health care bill–is pushing back against a policy memo circulating among his colleagues in the Senate.