9/11 health bill vote may come Wednesday

[Elmore Furth]

Source: CNN

A health care bill meant to provide free medical treatment to those suffering from the health effects of working in and near ground zero following the 2001 attacks may come up for a Senate vote on Wednesday.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, said it appeared the bill will come up for a Senate vote once lawmakers vote on START, a nuclear arms control pact with Russia and a top foreign policy priority of President Obama.

"It will be decision day in the Senate, and we will see once and for all who will keep their promise to never forget the heroes of 9/11," Schumer said Tuesday.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health Bill is named after a deceased New York Police Department detective who had worked in the toxic plume at ground zero.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/22/911.bill/index.html?eref=rss_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_us+%28RSS%3A+U.S.%29

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Thank goodness the real heros will finally be taken care of.

[CBHagman]

1. Go, Schumer!

I'll be waiting to see if they can pull this one off, given Coburn's antics.

[avebury]

2. Reid should just keep the Senate in session

until either the Senate deals with all the bills on the schedule or the next session of Congress starts. Bad behavior on the part of the Republicans should not be awarded with holiday time.

[jwirr]

3. Finally.

[savalez]

4. Here's another link about it.

From TPM 12/22 10:52am:

"After months of GOP obstruction, a bill to help 9/11 first responders cover their mounting health care costs is expected to zip through Congress. In addition to being a feather in the cap of New York and New Jersey Democrats -- who have been pushing the bill for months -- it will likely enjoy the distinction of being the last legislative item to pass the unusually productive 111th Congress lame duck session."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/congress-poised-to-expedite-911-responders-bill-over-gop-objections.php?ref=fpb

[tootrueleft]

5. Finally. And damn the people who tried to delay this.