Archive of Sequester
Peeved SI pol in 9/11 diss
Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm is refusing to back a bill that would end the sequestration of 9/11 victims’ compensation funds because he wasn’t invited to a press conference, according to an organizer.
The “Sequester” is Here and It is Cutting the Funding of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs, an update
In October, I wrote “What is “sequester” and why is it threatening to cut the funding of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs?” Well the “sequester” is now here and it is cutting both of the 9/11 programs. My article from the fall described how the 9/11 Health and Compensation Programs came to be under […]
Sequester Swipes 9/11 Compensation To Pay Down Deficit
The victims and survivors of 9/11 are being forced again to sacrifice — this time by the sequestration budget cuts that are dipping into revenue set aside for ailing first responders and using it for deficit reduction.
Gillibrand, Schumer, King, Maloney, Nadler, First Responders Urge Congress to Avoid Looming Automatic Across-the-Board Budget Ax – Including Deep Cuts to 9/11 Zadroga Program, Federal Aid to Hurricane Sandy Victims
With the deadline nearing for Congress to negotiate a balanced deficit-cutting package or face deep automatic cuts across federal programs – known as sequestration – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer, were joined today by U.S. Representatives Peter King, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, 9/11 first responders and survivors in urging their colleagues to negotiate a responsible package to replace the sequester before the devastating cuts, including $3 billion in federal aid to Hurricane Sandy victims and $27 million to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health
Gillibrand, Schumer, Maloney, Nadler, King, 9/11 First Responders and Survivors Call on Feds to Protect Zadroga Funds from Looming Sequester Cuts
With the deadline nearing for Congress to negotiate a balanced deficit-cutting package or face deep automatic cuts across federal programs, memebrs of Congress hold a press conference with first responders and survivors.
What is “sequester” and why is it threatening to cut the funding of the 9/11 health and compensation programs?
The short version is that sequestration is the automatic, across the board, budget cut for government programs that goes into effect January 2013, unless Congress acts to delay the cuts or reaches some other agreement to address the federal deficit.
Congress should think twice before sequestering Zadroga Act funding
Congress is primed to chip away at money set aside to treat and compensate people who got sick after clearing debris at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.
Gillibrand, Schumer, Maloney, King, Nadler Press Feds to Protect Zadroga Funds from Any Sequester Cuts
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY), joined by Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to preserve funding for the critical 9/11 health programs that were passed into law under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act should any sequestration budget cuts go into effect next year.
Congress’ Sequester Raids 9/11 Treatment And Compensation Funds To Cut Deficit
Lawmakers vowed to “never forget” 9/11 again last week, but it appears many already had — in the budget sequester legislation Congress passed last summer to try and cut the deficit.