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| Lame Duck Senate passes bill to aid 9/11 responders |
| 2010-12-23 |
| (KUNA) -- The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a health package to help first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City. New York Democrats cut a deal with Republicans who had objected to the cost of the legislation. The bill goes to the House, where final passage was expected to be assured. The agreement reduces the total cost of the bill, closes the compensation fund after five years, and limits attorneys' fees. Rescue workers, firefighters and others who worked at the site where the World Trade Center Towers fell have suffered serious illnesses, including cancers, from inhaling toxins at the site, medical researchers concluded. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Legislation presented during Lame Duck sessions should be preceeded by mandatory cloakroom cystoscopy procedures. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-23 17:21 |
| #1 ION PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > [Defense News]SOURCES: WHITE HOUSE ORDERS USDOD TO CUT US$90.0BILYUHN OVER FIVE YEARS, to include US$12.0Bilyuhn in fiscal year 2012. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-23 03:35 |