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Despite New Funding Offsets, US Chamber Of Commerce Still Opposing 9/11 First Responders Bill
Think Progress - 1day 2hrs agoLast week, ThinkProgress reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had quietly lobbied to help Republicans kill the “James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010,” a bill to compensate the First Responders and emergency wo…
Read more >>9/11-bill roadblock boor
New York Post - 6hrs 3mins agoMeet the Grinch who stole Christmas for thousands of 9/11 First Responders -- US Sen. Tom Coburn. The Oklahoma Republican announced he will try to block the 9/11 health-care bill from reaching the Senate floor before Congress leaves for its win…
Read more >>After GOP filibuster Senate to vote on 9/11 health bill Wednesday
Examiner.com - 12hrs 32mins ago
The United States Senate Wednesday will vote on whether to bring the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, a bill that would provide money to workers who suffered long term Health Problems after helping save lives at the World Trade Cent…
Read more >>Key test vote in Senate for 9/11 health bill (AP)
Yahoo! News - 20hrs 13mins agoWASHINGTON – The Senate is set for a key test vote on a bill to aid people who became sick after being exposed to Toxins at the World Trade Center ruins following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. New York Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kir…
Read more >>Key test vote in Senate for 9/11 health bill
The Daily Caller - 20hrs 25mins agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set for a key test vote on a bill to aid people who became sick after being exposed to Toxins at the World Trade Center ruins following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. New York Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and …
Read more >>Owens, senators push effort to stop drug-smuggling from Canada
Watertown Daily Times - 23hrs 7mins agoBUFFALO (AP) — A group of lawmakers, including Rep. William Owens, D-Plattsburgh, says the country must do a better job stopping Drug Smuggling along the northern border. A measure passed Tuesday calls for the Office of National Drug Contr…
Read more >>Coburn To Block 9/11 Responders Bill
Washington Wire - 1day 4hrs agoBy Danny Yadron Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn will not allow a proposal that would cover health-care costs for Ground Zero workers to go through the Senate before Christmas, a Coburn aide told Washington Wire this morning. Several Repu…
Read more >>Report: Coburn Might Block 9/11 First Responders Bill
TPMDC - 1day 4hrs agoSen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) reportedly might block the 9/11 First Responders bill, or at least slow it down, according to Politico. Politico reports that last night Coburn said "he wouldn't allow the bill to move quickly, saying he has problems with …
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