NYC firefighter unions blast House decision to strip funding for 9/11 health care program

[Beachnutt]

Daily News
The city’s firefighter unions slammed Sunday a decision by lawmakers two days earlier to strip vital health care funds for 9/11 first responders from the federal budget after Elon Musk and Donald Trump nuked a stopgap spending plan, threatening a government shutdown.

The one thing we were able to fall back on was people wouldn’t forget and they would always stand beside us,” said James Brosi, president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association. “Unfortunately twenty-some-odd-years later, people are starting to forget. It is unimaginable that we would have to come down here and ask Congress to do the right thing.”
After two failed votes by the GOP-led House of Representatives, Congress passed a stopgap bill to fund the government Friday, but it removed legislation that would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040, 9/11 advocates said.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-firefighter-unions-blast-house-210700244.html

read the comments at the bottom of the article.
Don't blame me, I voted for Harris!

[Vinca]

1. Just the beginning . . .

[DesertRain]

12. Indeed

It is no longer politically expedient to be patriotic... or to "care".

[yardwork]

2. I voted for the Democrats.

[Irish_Dem]

3. They need to raise money for a nice big bribe.

Sounds like the Firefighters don't yet understand how the new system works.

One million dollars to Trump laundered by calling it an inauguration donation might work.

[Beachnutt]

4. Courtesy of Bluetires

Dear Maga
I regret to inform you that the dildo of consequences rarely if ever arrives with lube...

[dsc]

5. I have the square root of negative zero sympathy for these people

given that they endorsed Trump, whose fault it is that the bill went down.

[EarthFirst]

6. "Suckers and losers..."

MAGA support for first responders and veterans is a consumer product; not an ethos.

[DiverDave]

7. Uh,huh. And who did

An overwhelming number of firehouses vote for?
#FAFO

[SocialDemocrat61]

8. Gillibrand is introducing a new bill in January for the funding

Link to tweet

Inexcusable. The House GOP killed a bipartisan budget deal that would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040 to ensure our 9/11 first responders and survivors get the health care they’ve earned and desperately need.

@realDonaldTrump, I will introduce a new bill to fully fund the WTC health program on day one of the new Congress. I hope we can count on your help to get it done.

[Beachnutt]

16. I hope she does

and lets see how many rethugs support it and if Trusk will support it.

Another Democrat to the rescue.

[Bettie]

9. Well, from what I've seen

this is a group that voted for this.

So, they should be happy to get exactly what they voted for.

[BoRaGard]

10. "Ha ha, you trusted us: Suckers!" - G.O.P.

Some folks are slow learners.

[Cha]

18. It's like the GD Twilight Zone!

[dem4decades]

11. As Nelson from The Simpsons would say "haha".

[edhopper]

13. These guys?

Firefighters Booed New York Attorney General Who Sued Trump for Fraud.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-03-11/firefighters-booed-ny-attorney-general-who-prosecuted-trump-officials-are-investigating

Go fuck yourselves.

[Autumn]

14. The most perfect and epic fuck around and find out ever.

[Deep State Witch]

15. Leopards Eating Faces

The Firefighters' Union supported the Felon. Sorry that the leopards started to eat your faces even before he got into office.

[Cha]

17. And, So It Begins... how you like this, Sen Fetterman?

"Against America".

[JI7]

19. Why complain after voting for this ?

[JI7]

20. Who is forgetting ? Do they think Republicans did this becsuse they forgot ?

the ones forgetting or letting their bigotry hide the truth is YOU.

[XanaDUer2]

21. Live your vote

[Aristus]

22. It's too fucking bad New York's "bravest" didn't have the courage,

or the simple good sense, to vote for Kamala Harris, the way I, a 100% pro-union voter, did.

Fuck around, boys, and you’ll find out.

[jalan48]

23. Shouldn't that read House Republicans, not House?