Yeah providing medical care would cost too much, and it does not make sense for the US to spending money without constraint in these times of economic strangulation when it cannot even afford to pay off the interest on its own debt.

Plus, didn't they pass a healthcare bill? Go buy your own help! Help your health and the economy!

There is a place for politcs as usual and a time,this is not it. It is time for both parties to come together and do the right things for the nation and its people. The GOP is starting to seriously tick me off,they should change their name to the RPP (rich peoples party).

2001
"You are all heros. We owe so much to you."

2010
"Eff off and die already."

Could you please post the ENTIRE bill proposal up here for us to read.

I think you are focusing on the Headliner but I believe if you look at the full proposal, there are additional-added things NOT related to the bill or the purpose of the bill.

I know it is easy to get caught up in the headline but I have learned that one needs to examine the whole bill.

Believe it or not, politician are said to be dishonest and cunning. They have been rumored to attempt these tactics of deception to further the hidden elements with in the bill.

The only thing they lack is a patsy to push along or put out the propoganda and Kapow! It takes off like a wild fire.

And, considering the source... I would say they are looking for patsies.... CNN pffffff.

They will use 9/11 for political gain and for the power grab they have achieved thus far.

If they don't care about 9/11 first responders, they sure don't care about us.

nice change tp's

Can anyone explain to me how the Republicans were able to pull this off when the DEmocrats control the majority in both houses? This is a lame duck session, not the new group, so it appears if the repbulicans were able to stop it, then Democrats broke ranks and supported it.

With that said, I somehwat agree with one of the other posters about the GOP pissing people off. I think we need to throw them all out, outlaw the Democratic and REpublican parties, and start fresh.

I am just getting more and more tired picking the lesser of who cares.

Do we really need another federal welfare program?

I think the Congress should tell the state/local government to create a fund that will assist the 9/11 responders in a much more cost effective and efficient way than any federal bureaucracy.

But I doubt the GOP even considered anything such as that. They don’t care about these first responders, their life means absolutely nothing to that party. They never urged the local government to act on the issue to help those people and they never will because they simply don’t care.

Both sides are an absolute joke.

The Republicans have allowed roughly two trillion in spending and the extension of unemployment benefits which is attached to their oh so important tax cuts. So while everyone can defend them for sticking to their guns on spending, they actually aren't, as they easily compromised their stated ideals so they could get the tax cuts. The Dems are no better. I don't prefer or support either party, and I don't agree with providing a welfare state, but a government needs to exist, and it should perform certain functions.

Taking care of the people who responded on that day should be up there on anyone's priority list. While I commend those who do advocate for less spending, I'm right there with you, this is an area where we could, say, not give foreign aid to another country in order to help our own citizens. Like the 7.5 billion dollars our elected representatives agreed to give Pakistan at the exact same time this piece of legislation initially came up.

This also, however, would blur the line as to what is catastrophic enough to warrant government aid, and I get it, but that is why our political process exists, to talk about issues such as this, not spew hate on petty issues that only exacerbate our larger problems.

These people could also be taken care of by a number of charities which formerly existed, yet did not pay their fair share of the money for financing our government, which led to ludicrous legislation being implemented.