Ok, I mis-spoke about being filled with bullshit, last time they tried to pass I thought they attached it to a ridiculous spending bill, but it wasn't. The bill has been tried to pass in various versions for 4 years now with crap in and crap taken out.
The history of the bill
Las time the Dems used retarded rules to bring it to the floor in a way that it couldn't be debated on or amended making it difficult to pass and in a way that would piss off the Repubes just so they could run around and point fingers saying the Repubes are hearless bastards, which they did when it didn't pass:
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07-29-2010:
Democrats would have been able to pass the bill if they used the normal procedure, but they brought it up as a "suspension bill," which needs a two-thirds vote to pass because it can't be amended
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Even Bloomberg was pissed at Dems:
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Mayor Bloomberg slammed the failure, calling it "outrageous," and blaming both sides.
"It was wrong for the overwhelming majority of Republicans to vote against the bill, and it was wrong for Democrats to bring the bill to the floor under rules that made passage so much more difficult," he said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...xzz18a7hNU Oo
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And the real problem is the handling of the cash as usual, a black hole with out accountability and probably funding all kinds of stuff like more bureaucracy and projects that have nothing to do with 9/11 first responders:
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One of the most significant concerns about this bill is its continued reliance on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to administer 9/11 health programs. NIOSH has sent $475 million in grants to New York to pay for health care benefits. Yet to this day, NIOSH, the city of New York and the various health care providers who received grants have failed to tell Congress where that money has gone. For example, Mount Sinai Medical Center has received about $137 million from NIOSH since 2004.
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Saving me the time to type it from a commenter on another article, the argument against is:
No one wants to hold back medical care and compensation from 9/11 first responders, but probably 90 percent of this money isn't going to them. Instead its being directed to hospital bailouts, union thugs and bigwigs (but I repeat myself) and other wasteful spending. The people against are speaking for the vast majority of Americans who are tired of throwing money at New York and seeing it disappear into a rat hole. 9/11 responders support? Of course. Union bigs and politicos using the 9/11 responders as an excuse for more wasteful and corrupt spending? No way.
Just another payout and money scam by our politicians to spread $8 billion dollars to campaign supporters, family members and their own biz interests on the back of 9/11 survivors.
If they are so concerned about these heroes, where the fuck is the memorial for 9/11, what did they do with all the handwritten notes, momentous and other memorials that were on the iconic fence after 9/11 (locked up and some thrown away) , 10 years later nothing... open your eyes, if they cared they would just give them each their portion of the 8 billion and call it a day. wake up. This is the usual cash grab!
One last time in case the words above are too many words for you to read:
THIS IS JUST A CASH GRAB IN THE NAME OF 9/11 HEROES WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY OF WHERE THE CASH IS SPENT