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Beachnutt

(8,178 posts)
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:22 AM 11 hrs ago

NYC firefighter unions blast House decision to strip funding for 9/11 health care program

Daily News
The city’s firefighter unions slammed Sunday a decision by lawmakers two days earlier to strip vital health care funds for 9/11 first responders from the federal budget after Elon Musk and Donald Trump nuked a stopgap spending plan, threatening a government shutdown.

The one thing we were able to fall back on was people wouldn’t forget and they would always stand beside us,” said James Brosi, president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association. “Unfortunately twenty-some-odd-years later, people are starting to forget. It is unimaginable that we would have to come down here and ask Congress to do the right thing.”
After two failed votes by the GOP-led House of Representatives, Congress passed a stopgap bill to fund the government Friday, but it removed legislation that would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040, 9/11 advocates said.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-firefighter-unions-blast-house-210700244.html

read the comments at the bottom of the article.
Don't blame me, I voted for Harris!

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NYC firefighter unions blast House decision to strip funding for 9/11 health care program (Original Post) Beachnutt 11 hrs ago OP
Just the beginning . . . Vinca 11 hrs ago #1
Indeed DesertRain 9 hrs ago #12
I voted for the Democrats. yardwork 11 hrs ago #2
They need to raise money for a nice big bribe. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #3
Courtesy of Bluetires Beachnutt 11 hrs ago #4
I have the square root of negative zero sympathy for these people dsc 11 hrs ago #5
"Suckers and losers..." EarthFirst 11 hrs ago #6
Uh,huh. And who did DiverDave 11 hrs ago #7
Gillibrand is introducing a new bill in January for the funding SocialDemocrat61 10 hrs ago #8
I hope she does Beachnutt 7 hrs ago #16
Well, from what I've seen Bettie 10 hrs ago #9
"Ha ha, you trusted us: Suckers!" - G.O.P. BoRaGard 10 hrs ago #10
It's like the GD Twilight Zone! Cha 7 hrs ago #18
As Nelson from The Simpsons would say "haha". dem4decades 9 hrs ago #11
These guys? edhopper 9 hrs ago #13
The most perfect and epic fuck around and find out ever. Autumn 9 hrs ago #14
Leopards Eating Faces Deep State Witch 8 hrs ago #15
And, So It Begins... how you like this, Sen Fetterman? Cha 7 hrs ago #17
Why complain after voting for this ? JI7 7 hrs ago #19
Who is forgetting ? Do they think Republicans did this becsuse they forgot ? JI7 7 hrs ago #20
Live your vote XanaDUer2 5 hrs ago #21
It's too fucking bad New York's "bravest" didn't have the courage, Aristus 5 hrs ago #22
Shouldn't that read House Republicans, not House? jalan48 5 hrs ago #23

Irish_Dem

(59,688 posts)
3. They need to raise money for a nice big bribe.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:39 AM
11 hrs ago

Sounds like the Firefighters don't yet understand how the new system works.

One million dollars to Trump laundered by calling it an inauguration donation might work.

Beachnutt

(8,178 posts)
4. Courtesy of Bluetires
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:45 AM
11 hrs ago

Dear Maga
I regret to inform you that the dildo of consequences rarely if ever arrives with lube...

dsc

(52,692 posts)
5. I have the square root of negative zero sympathy for these people
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:53 AM
11 hrs ago

given that they endorsed Trump, whose fault it is that the bill went down.

EarthFirst

(3,198 posts)
6. "Suckers and losers..."
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:55 AM
11 hrs ago

MAGA support for first responders and veterans is a consumer product; not an ethos.

SocialDemocrat61

(3,065 posts)
8. Gillibrand is introducing a new bill in January for the funding
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:32 AM
10 hrs ago

Inexcusable. The House GOP killed a bipartisan budget deal that would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040 to ensure our 9/11 first responders and survivors get the health care they’ve earned and desperately need.

@realDonaldTrump, I will introduce a new bill to fully fund the WTC health program on day one of the new Congress. I hope we can count on your help to get it done.

Beachnutt

(8,178 posts)
16. I hope she does
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 12:48 PM
7 hrs ago

and lets see how many rethugs support it and if Trusk will support it.

Another Democrat to the rescue.

Bettie

(17,389 posts)
9. Well, from what I've seen
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:36 AM
10 hrs ago

this is a group that voted for this.

So, they should be happy to get exactly what they voted for.

Deep State Witch

(11,355 posts)
15. Leopards Eating Faces
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:32 AM
8 hrs ago

The Firefighters' Union supported the Felon. Sorry that the leopards started to eat your faces even before he got into office.

JI7

(90,877 posts)
20. Who is forgetting ? Do they think Republicans did this becsuse they forgot ?
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 01:16 PM
7 hrs ago

the ones forgetting or letting their bigotry hide the truth is YOU.

Aristus

(68,615 posts)
22. It's too fucking bad New York's "bravest" didn't have the courage,
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:34 PM
5 hrs ago

or the simple good sense, to vote for Kamala Harris, the way I, a 100% pro-union voter, did.

Fuck around, boys, and you’ll find out.

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