Healthcare
GOP Shame: 9/11 Health Bill Blocked in Senate by the Republicans
When are Americans gonna get it through their heads that the GOP does not care about them?!
“Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the World Trade Center attack in 2001.
The 9/11 health bill, a version of which was approved by the House of Representatives in September, was among several initiatives that Senate Democrats had hoped to approve before the close of the 111th Congress. Supporters believe this was their last real opportunity to have the bill passed.
The action by the Senate created huge uncertainty over the bill’s future. Its proponents were working on Thursday to salvage the legislation, with one possibility being to have it inserted into a large tax-cut bill that Republicans and Democrats are trying to pass before Congress ends its current session.”
Read the full article at The New York Times.
Hit the jump for a couple of video of Democrat Anthony Weiner doing the RIGHT THING and fighting the good fight on this issue! (more…)