Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night really railed into Congress (particularly the Republicans but also the Democrats) and the media for the lack of support for funding medical care for 9/11 first responders (the Zadroga bill). The Republicans are blocking the bill, the Democrats aren't fighting for it (an obvious win) and the media is silent on it. He was more serious than usual, particularly in a second segment on the topic where he had a panel of 9/11 first responders
I thought it was a great point that while Senators are complaining about possibly working between Christmas and New Year's, fire fighters, police and medical workers through the holidays. I note that The Daily Show is beginning a two week vacation. It's well deserved, but imagine if he did a filibusters on this and stayed on their throughout until the Zadroga bill is passed.
I think Republicans are concerned with where the $7.4 billion funds will come from. So under the new
CutGo rules would there be no way to raise tax funds for this? If that's right, it's insane.
No comments:
Post a Comment