House approves aid for workers sickened in Sept. 11 cleanup
source: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/09/house_approves_sept_11_aid_for.html
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"To the living victims of 9/11, we have good news: Help is on the way," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., a lead advocate for the bill.
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New York lawmakers have been pushing for years for such a measure, which passed 268-160.
Similar legislation is pending in the Senate, but with Congress departing until after the fall midterm elections, prospects for passage are unclear.
New York lawmakers said they will push to bring the bill to the Senate floor once Congress returns for its lame duck session.
"Today, members of the House put aside politics and made history by voting in favor of justice and care for the first responders and survivors of 9/11," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. Ailing 9/11 responders were among those in the House gallery for the vote.
Republican critics branded the bill as a big-government program that would boost taxes and kill jobs.Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, called it a "new entitlement program that we simply cannot afford. "Texas Republican Lamar Smith complained the measure "creates a huge slush fund open to abuse, fraud and waste."
The bill would provide free health care and compensation to rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins.Questions remain about what illnesses might have been caused by the soot, which many workers inhaled because they had no respirators that might have protected their lungs.
Scientists have documented elevated levels of an asthma-like illness among many workers. But doctors also say that many workers who are sick are suffering from common conditions, and that there may be no link to trade center dust. It was a second showdown for the bill, which failed to pass in a July vote.
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"But doctors also say that many workers who are sick are suffering from common conditions, and that there may be no link to trade center dust."
Who the hell are these doctors, and who is employing them to make such absurd statements? A grade school biology class could have confirmed the link between the amount of pollutants these workers were exposed to and the illnesses they are now combating. I am so sick of the paid liars in this nation, so nauseated and ready to run them out of town on a rail.
Congress doesn't have to think twice about handing Halliburton billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq in the image of the US after the US actually demolished and demoralized their entire country, but they can't come up with the money to treat the 9-11 workers who tried to save the lives of US citizens in one of the most demoralizing events this nation has ever been subjected to. What a bunch of bastards running our government. Oh, hip, hip, hooray, after extreme pressure from the citizenry, you jerk offs actually voted to do something for the people who pay your inflated salaries, and clean up after the messes you make when you are NOT doing the job you were elected to do.
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