NYers fight for 9/11 health bill passage
Photo credit: AP | Firefighters make their way through rubble after terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Centers in New York City. (Sept. 11, 2001)
WASHINGTON - The wheeling and dealing - and citizen lobbying - continues Wednesday as the Senate for the first time will take up the $7.4 billion Zadroga 9/11 health care bill, even though its sponsors say they're still one vote short.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Zadroga's chief Senate sponsor, conceded she's still in search of that elusive GOP vote, the 60th needed to end a GOP filibuster...
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