The House of Representatives passed the Zadroga bill. Emergency response workers and salvage workers who responded to the Sept. 11 assaults needing medical care will be extended further benefits under the bill. People inhaled bits of rubble, toxic fumes, and dust during those events that caused long term health effects. The bill is branded for a policeman who was one of the first to respond, James Zadroga. His death may are partly due to effects from responding at the site.
Zadroga bill passes the House
The House of Representatives passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, or the Zadroga bill. It passed fairly easily with a 268 to 160 vote. As outlined by the NY Times, a pretty penny could be spent on the James Zadroga proposal. It is going to cost about $7.4 billion. Any injuries or illnesses that happened with Ground Zero can be looked into with $3.2 billion of that cash. New York City will chip in for 10 percent of the costs. A September 11 Victim Compensation fund would be set up also with about $4.2 billion in that.
Argument starts with regulations
The bill had been brought to the House once before. It had to have two-thirds majority in order to pass when it came at first in July. That didn’t end up happening. The Republicans proposed the amendment that made it so the bill was introduced like that. The feared amendment would have blocked illegal immigrants from receiving benefits under the original version of the James Zadroga act. There has also been controversy considering James Zadroga himself. The medical examiner who performed his autopsy determined he did not die from any causes related to his involvement in the September 11 attacks. The debate over the first bill was heated and marked by a feud between Representatives Anthony Wiener and Peter King.
Everyone who lasted via September 11
Some individuals who were involved in the first response and clean up following the Sept. 11 violence have suffered health effects. Medical care is being given to 60,000 of these people. They were all affected by the very same thing.
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NY Times
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