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04-28-2011, 01:25 PM
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/tue-april-26-2011-elizabeth-warren
9/11 Heroes To Be Subjected To FBI Review For Terrorist Connections
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/04/24/911-heroes-to-be-subjected-to-fbi-review-for-terrorist-connections/
By RICK UNGAR
It may be both the peak of paranoia and the ultimate insult to those who showed their mettle on the day of - and the days that followed – the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
As the result of an amendment attached to a law that – after years of Congressional battling – finally provides benefits and relief to those who are suffering any number of serious illnesses and disabilities in return for their good works on that terrible day and the clean-up effort that followed, 9-11 responders will not be eligible to collect these benefits until an FBI check confirms that they are not terrorists.
Seriously.
The Amendment, proposed by Florida GOP Congressman Cliff Stearns, and accepted by the Democrats as the only way to get the legislation through, reads as follows:
No individual who is on the terrorist watch list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security shall qualify as an eligible WTC responder. Before enrolling any individual as a WTC responder in the WTC program under paragraph (3), the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall determine whether the individual is on such list.
Republicans – Energy Commerce Committee
It should be noted that the Stearns amendment was accepted only after the GOP attempted to attach anti-abortion and other like amendments in a perverse effort to force Democrats to either vote against the bill or swallow GOP social agenda items as the price of getting the 9-11 responders the help they deserve.
Playing politics with the 9-11 heroes takes a very special type of politician – a politician like Cliff Stearns....
Democract Waxman Also supported the amendment.
Bi partisan Responder slapping AGAIN
to add to the 9 years of neglect and disrespect given them.
9/11 Heroes To Be Subjected To FBI Review For Terrorist Connections
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/04/24/911-heroes-to-be-subjected-to-fbi-review-for-terrorist-connections/
By RICK UNGAR
It may be both the peak of paranoia and the ultimate insult to those who showed their mettle on the day of - and the days that followed – the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
As the result of an amendment attached to a law that – after years of Congressional battling – finally provides benefits and relief to those who are suffering any number of serious illnesses and disabilities in return for their good works on that terrible day and the clean-up effort that followed, 9-11 responders will not be eligible to collect these benefits until an FBI check confirms that they are not terrorists.
Seriously.
The Amendment, proposed by Florida GOP Congressman Cliff Stearns, and accepted by the Democrats as the only way to get the legislation through, reads as follows:
No individual who is on the terrorist watch list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security shall qualify as an eligible WTC responder. Before enrolling any individual as a WTC responder in the WTC program under paragraph (3), the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall determine whether the individual is on such list.
Republicans – Energy Commerce Committee
It should be noted that the Stearns amendment was accepted only after the GOP attempted to attach anti-abortion and other like amendments in a perverse effort to force Democrats to either vote against the bill or swallow GOP social agenda items as the price of getting the 9-11 responders the help they deserve.
Playing politics with the 9-11 heroes takes a very special type of politician – a politician like Cliff Stearns....
Democract Waxman Also supported the amendment.
Bi partisan Responder slapping AGAIN
to add to the 9 years of neglect and disrespect given them.