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Next stop, the Senate: Halfway there to make permanent the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
Yesterday, we called for a unanimous House vote to provide financial support to the victims and heroes of the terrorist attacks on America.
First responders from WNY will benefit from aid to 9/11 victims
The House on Friday passed a bill that aims to keep aid flowing to thousands of people who still suffer from physical and psychic damage stemming from the terrorist attack…
House Dems push for 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler, Peter King and others are holding a press conference ahead of vote on the Never Forget The Heroes Act.
House votes to fund and extend 9/11 compensation fund for first responders
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to add billions of dollars to a dwindling compensation fund for 9/11 workers, in legislation honoring a former New York City police detective…
House Votes to Extend 9/11 Fund for Lifetimes of First Responders
The House on Friday approved legislation to replenish a depleted federal fund to compensate emergency workers and others who became ill as a result of their work…
House passes bill to extend 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The House passed the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill to permanently fund cash payments for first responders, their families and others who were sickened at Ground Zero.
Speaker Pelosi, Maloney, Nadler, King and Advocates Celebrate House Passage of the Never Forget the Heroes Act
Group Calls on Senate and Leader McConnell to Pass Bill Quickly
House votes 402-12 to pass 9/11 responders health bill as fallen cop’s brother pleads for action
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a $10 billion bill on Friday to renew the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, prompting deceased first responder Luis Alvarez’s brother to say he’s “looking down and saying ‘Let’s get this done.’”
9/11 health bill to cost $10.2B over next decade: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that legislation that would extend the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill would cost American taxpayers $10.2 billion over the next decade.
Her Husband Spent 9 Months Digging Through the Toxic Remains of the World Trade Center. She Won’t Let the World Forget
While enduring a litany of treatments as the cancer spread through his body, Ray Pfeifer cajoled lawmakers in New York and Washington, D.C., from his wheelchair to secure benefits for 9/11 responders