After a 402 to 12 vote in the House of Representatives on July 12 seemed to fast-track reauthorization of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, two Republican Senators five days later put holds on the bill that could dash advocates’ hopes of getting it approved before the Senate’s Aug. 3 summer recess.
The heads of the two city firefighter unions, one of whom accused one of the holdout Senators of “being an ass,” said they still believed the measure would be approved prior to the recess, expressing confidence that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would bring it to the floor, where nearly three-quarters of the 100 Senators are expected to vote for it.
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