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Congress rejects Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act as GOP members balk at bill
Congress turned thumbs down on the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act on Thursday night, raising doubts it will ever pass.
Plan to Aid 9/11 Victims Is Rejected in House
House Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic plan to provide billions of dollars for medical treatment to rescue workers and residents of New York City who suffered illnesses from the toxic dust and debris at ground zero.
9/11 responders aid bill nears vote in House
The House is nearing a vote on a bill that would pay billions of dollars to people exposed to toxic World Trade Center dust in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, bill to help responders, may die
The House votes Wednesday or Thursday for the first time ever on a bill to care for the heroes and victims of Sept. 11, 2001 – and it’s likely to fail.
9/11 $$ judge: I failed
The federal judge overseeing the $700 million settlement offered to the more than 10,000 people who were sickened at Ground Zero advised them to take the deal — even as he called himself a “failure” for not getting some of them more money.
Zadroga Act, bill to care for 9/11 responders nears passage in Congress
The House is on the verge of finally passing the first bill to care for 9/11 responders and will pay for it by taxing foreign companies, the Daily News has learned.
Docs launch 9/11 cancer probe
Doctors have begun probing whether 9/11 rescue and recovery work at toxic Ground Zero triggered thyroid cancer – apparently the first tumor cancer to come under close scrutiny, The Post has learned.
What they need to know: WTC plaintiffs must get full info on proposed payouts
Lawyers representing 10,000 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers need to work still harder to earn the overly generous $175 million they expect to rake in on a proposed settlement of injury claims.
Congressional Budget Office puts out $10.5B estimate over 10 years for Zadroga 9/11 Health bill
The bill to treat and compensate sick Sept. 11 responders and victims has a new price tag: $10.5 billion.
9/11 sickest score $1.8M
Most of the 10,000 injured Ground Zero workers or their survivors will receive settlements ranging anywhere from $6,420 to $1.84 million depending on the severity of their ailments, according to a chart of projected payouts released yesterday.