Congress continues to be dismissing the Zadroga bill, which could provide health care for survivors and first responders of the Sept 11 attacks. Lawmakers seem either unwilling or incapable of doing much about the bill. That has piqued the attention and ire of Stewart. Congress isn’t above ignoring bills to win brownie factors with voters. Passing tax cuts certainly would fall into that category.
Congress unwilling to pass Zadroga bill
Congress had the Zadroga Bill just sitting there waiting to be reviewed, although it would give rescue workers from the September 11, 2001 attacks aid. The Zadroga Bill, named for a New York police detective James Zadroga, who may have died due to respiratory effects from being on the scene at the World Trade Center, would devote $7 billion in funding to 9/11 rescue workers in need of health care due to complications from being at ground zero. Republicans stalled the bill on the Senate floor after the House passed it, reports CNN.
The Daily Show host unhappy about it
The bill has been very supported by “The Daily Show” host, Jon Stewart. He has been supporting it the whole time. Republicans have seen the wrath of Stewart. He is truly upset that the bill hasn’t been working. The cost of giving health care benefits to the 9/11 responders and survivors is too high for Senate Republicans to agree with. The bill was all Stewart discussed in the last episode of the year that he had. He said that “the party that turned 9/11 into a catchphrase” had a “convenient pre-9/11 mentality when it comes to this bill.”
No more time
Getting the bill passed likely won’t happen in the next few days. A holiday vacation is what Congress waits for all year long. Also, passing a spending bill, no matter what it is, is something Republicans don’t want to do right now. A tax bill was passed in Congress though which Stewart explained was great for any “firefighters that make $200,000 a year.”
Citations
CNN
cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/09/senate.9.11.responders/
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/Politics/jon-stewart-rants-republican-filibuster-911-responder-bill/story?id=12422872&page=1
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