Stewart Spends Last Show Of 2010 ENTIRELY On 9/11 First Responders Bill (VIDEO)

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Meet four dying First Responders, see McConnell crying because Judd Greg is leaving the Senate.

The failure of the Senate to pass the First Responder bill to help the sick responders is, not only an outrage, but it is a vivid demonstration of how the Senate is broken, and how the Senate is a threat to the well-being of the United States and its citizens. The filibuster rule has to be changed.


Stewart Spends Last Show Of 2010 ENTIRELY On 9/11 First Responders Bill (VIDEO)

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The filibuster rule should be changed, IMO, only to require that there be an actual filibuster, not filibuster in name only.

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I hope when it is time for the first responders to respond to an emergency at the homes of these REPIGs, that the responders have to first wait a few months for any reason before going to the address.

These REPIGs deserve to be treated like gnats at a picnic.


Senate Republicans Explain Their Vote Against 9/11 First Responder Health Care
First Posted: 12-17-10 02:52 PM | Updated: 12-17-10 03:05 PM

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) said he voted against the first responders bill because Republicans had threatened to vote against everything until tax cuts for the rich were extended and a measure to fund the government had passed.

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) also said he opposed moving forward on the bill because he wanted to get to tax cuts and the budget first

"We need to get the issue addressed for the firefighters and the 911 victims, and we will," Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Fox News, clipped by The Daily Show. "The difference I think with the tax bill is there is a deadline, January first. We have to get this done. Taxes go up on January first."

One GOP Senator, Orrin Hatch of Utah, who voted to continue filibustering the bill, told HuffPost he couldn't remember how he voted on the measure.