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July 31, 2010

It's A Shame! A Shame!

07.30.10 - 10:44 AM from Common Dreams

by Abby Zimet

Firemen
The House has (unbelievably) rejected a bill providing $7.4 billion in medical treatment and compensation to first responders sickened in the 9/11 attacks, with Republicans (ditto) calling it a "slush fund" and "entitlement program" for deadbeats. The indecency of it all prompted a furious Rep. Anthony Weiner to lose it on the floor, entirely justifiably. 

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the vote an "outrage" to those workers "whose health has fallen apart because they did what America wanted them to do."

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