Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Forty-one of the 42 Republican Senators voted against the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, with one Republican, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kentucky Kansas, abstaining.
Jed Lewison at Daily Kos posts Stewart sticks up for 9/11 first responders:
As Jon Stewart demonstrates, Al Jazeera gave more coverage to the outrageous GOP filibuster against providing health care to injured 9/11 first responders than did all American news networks combined.
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The GOP's filibuster blocked passage of a $7.4 billion measure to take care of the medical needs of those 9/11 heroes who were first on the scene. Stewart sat down with four of those heroes, each with cancer or another life threatening disease brought on by exposure to the dust and other elements at Ground Zero, all of them whose lives literally depend on passage of this bill, and he gave voice to the victims of the GOP's cruel and heartless jihad against government.
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At one point, Stewart plays video of Mitch McConnell's tearful farewell to Judd Gregg and points out that at the very same time, he was refusing to allow a vote on delivering health care for 9/11 workers, and asks for reaction from the 9/11 first responders. It's about the most powerful indictment of the GOP's upside-down priorities that you'll ever see.
Scarce at crooksandliars.com adds 9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster:
Jon Stewart plays it straight last night to lay out the absolute hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of this situation, both by the politicians and those in the media who fail to do their job and call them out on this.
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Meanwhile, one Republican Senator saw fit to call the cops on some 9/11 First Responders yesterday when they visited her office. Congratulations, Susan Collins of Maine.
As Jon Stewart pointed out, only one FAUX News reporter had anything to say about the bill, but would not identify that it is a Republican filibuster blocking the bill. "FAUX News legal analyst Peter Johnson, Jr. is mad. He's mad that Congress did not pass health benefits for 9/11 first responders. But he's not mad enough to explain why." Fox legal analyst doesn't mention Republicans voted against 9/11 health bill.
Well, Shephard Smith, the one reporter at FAUX News who has even a semi-conscience, must have watched Jon Stewart's report. Smith decided to let everyone know how he felt about it. Shep Smith Asks How Senators Sleep at Night After Filibustering 9-11 First Responders Bill:
Via Mediaite:
A wonderful moment of pure outrage–and classic television–from Shepard Smith on Fox News Friday afternoon as he and Chris Wallace waited for President Obama’s tax cut signing ceremony.
Discussing the amount of money on “tax cuts for billionaires who don’t need them,” Smith railed against the very same lawmakers who somehow couldn’t get relief passed for 9/11 first responders.
How do they sleep at night after this vote on Ground Zero first responders from 9/11? Are they going to get that done, or are we going to leave these American heroes out there to twist in the wind? […]
Who’s going to hold these people’s feet to the fire? We’re able to put a 52 story building so far down there at Ground Zero, we’re able to pay for tax cuts for billionaires who don’t need them and it’s not going to stimulate the economy. But we can’t give health care to Ground Zero first responders who ran right into the fire? Went down there to save people? Do people know what this city was like that day? People were walking over bridges they were covered in ash they were running for their lives they were crying their family members were dead. And these people ran to Ground Zero to save people’s lives. And we’re not going to even give them medicine for the illnesses they got down there? It’s disgusting, it’s a national disgrace, it’s a shame and everybody who voted against should have to stand up and account for himself or herself.
I'm glad Smith pointed out what an outrage this is, but like his cohort Peter Johnson Jr., Smith didn't bother to let the viewers know that it's the Republicans blocking the bill.
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