Anthony Weiner Rips Apart Those Who Oppose Giving Health Care to the 9/11 Responders
Anthony Weiner Rips Apart Those Who Oppose Giving Health Care to the 9/11 Responders
For those of you who don’t know This bill was only meant to give Health Care to those those hurt by the attacks. The real reason some lawmakers, particularly Republicans, disliked the bill, was because it would pay for the more than $10 billion program by ending a tax loophole for foreign corporations, and it was a voting strategy that would eliminate cheap amendment tactics, in an attempt to keep it a strict vote on the issue of Health Care for those affected by the attacks.
The fact is if given the chance, Republicans were going to add amendments on immigration and health care that would force the majority to cast tough votes on those issues just two months before the election. Pretty cheap move.
Democratic leadership opted for the two-thirds vote specifically to avoid amendments to bar payment for Ground Zero-related health treatment for illegal immigrants, or any measures that would dismantle parts of the major health-care overhaul passed earlier this year.
Thank you Rep. Weiner for wanting to give Health Care to the heroes of 9/11, and staring down partisan politics, calling out those who would rather play games than pass a policy that should be automatic.
