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Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims fund
The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
Why it’s so hard to predict how much funding 9/11 first responders need
The idea of getting cancer from searching through the rubble of Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks — and then standing guard over it for months — didn’t occur to Kevin Zweigbaum.
Standing With 9/11 First Responders, Survivors, Families And Jon Stewart, Gillibrand, Gardner, Schumer Announce Senate Passage Of Bipartisan ‘Never Forget The Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, And Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization Of The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act’
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) and Peter King (R-NY-2) today stood with 9/11 first responders…
Standing With 9/11 First Responders, Survivors, Families And Jon Stewart, Bill Sponsors Announce Senate Passage Of Bipartisan Never Forget The Heroes Act
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12), standing with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and Congressman Peter King (R-NY-2) today stood with 9/11 first responders…
Maloney Celebrates Passage of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney joined Errol Louis to talk about the passage of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund after years of advocacy for those who’ve become sick.
9/11 First Responders On Tuesday’s Access Utah
USA Today reports, “The firefighters, police officers and other emergency personnel who risked their lives answering the call on Sept.11, 2001, may finally be getting the rescue they’ve been demanding.
Senate passes $10B 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, 97 to 2, only Rand Paul and Mike Lee voted against it
Congress can never do anything about the growing numbers of people still dying from 9/11, but the Senate voted Tuesday to ensure the words “Never Forget” will never be just a slogan…
The Senate steps up: Now it only takes President Trump’s signature to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund permanently
The people of Kentucky and Utah should be proud that they have senators representing them in Washington who upheld the honor of their states.
Stand up for America: The Senate must support the heroes of 9/11
No, No, Yes. That is how 100 senators must vote Tuesday to keep open and fully finance the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund for the victims and heroes of the World Trade Center suffering horrendous health problems…
343 NYC firefighters died on 9/11. Since then, 200 have died from Ground Zero-related illnesses
The 200th New York City firefighter has died from ailments stemming from working at the toxic World Trade Center site in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, according to city officials.