The debatable Zadroga bill passed the House and is going before the Senate. The bill builds upon earlier legislation passed for this purpose. Regulations will allocate funds for medical care for individuals who were emergency responders during the assaults of September 11, 2001. There are demonstrated long term health effects from people on the site that day, who inhaled fumes, dust, and particles of debris. James Zadroga, a policeman, was one of the emergency reaction workers. Inhaling those toxic materials may have caused Officer Zadroga’s death.
House passes the Zadroga proposal
The House of Representatives passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, or the Zadroga bill. It passed quite very easily with a 268 to 160 vote. As outlined by the NY Times, a quite penny can 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 will be looked into with $3.2 billion of that cash. 10 percent of the costs are being paid by New York City. A further $4.2 billion would be set aside for the September 11 Victim Compensation fund.
Legislation brings up contention
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 first bill was introduced under those rules as a result of a proposed amendment by Republicans. The feared amendment would have blocked illegal immigrants from receiving benefits under the original version of the James Zadroga act. Also, James Zadroga is another issue of controversy. He didn’t really die from anything related to 9-11, said the examiner. This was after doing an autopsy of the body. There was a pretty heavy debate over the 1st bill. Both Anthony Wiener and Peter King were involved in this.
Those who lived through Sept 11
Those responsible for clean up and who survived the Sept 11 violence have had some issues. Most of these are health concerns. Medical care is being given to 60,000 of these individuals. They were all affected by the same thing.
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NY Times
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