The usual bunch:
Alexander (R-TN), Barrasso (R-WY), Bennett (R-UT), Bond (R-MO), Brown (R-MA); Bunning (R-KY), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Cornyn (R-TX), Crapo (R-ID), DeMint (R-SC), Ensign (R-NV), Enzi (R-WY), Graham (R-SC), Grassley (R-IA), Gregg (R-NH), Hatch (R-UT), Hutchison (R-TX), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE), Kirk (R-IL), Kyl (R-AZ), LeMieux (R-FL), Lugar (R-IN), McCain (R-AZ), McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL), Snowe (R-ME), Thune (R-SD), Vitter (R-LA), Voinovich (R-OH), Wicker (R-MS)
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The event: Roll call number 269.
When: 9 December 2009
What: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 847)
Why: Republicans did not want to invest $7 billion on health care for the police officers, firefighters, other rescue workers, those who worked on site of the demolished World Trade Center to recover bodies, and as a result of their heroic action, these workers have suffered severe respiratory and other contact illnesses.
H.R. 847 was named after James Zadroga:
James Zadroga (1971 – January 5, 2006) was a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who died of a respiratory disease that has been attributed to his participation in rescue and recovery operations in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks. Zadroga was the first NYPD officer whose death was attributed to exposure to his contact with toxic chemicals at the attack site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
H.R. 847 (James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 )
Measure Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
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As a matter of senatorial procedure, Harry Reid voted "Nay" with the Republican Rat Bastards.
'Nother Why:
Republican Senators today decided to filibuster the scheduled vote on the Zadroga 9/11 Health bill and have said they will continue to do so until the Bush tax cuts are extended.
Members of the New York Congressional delegation are issuing scathing remarks in response to the GOP Senators' move. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the primary sponsor of the senate version of the bill called the decision "outrageous and offensive."
"The idea that tax cuts for millionaires would derail this legislation is simply outrageous and offensive," said Gillibrand in a statement. "The men and women who rushed to the burning towers and worked for hundreds of hours on the pile did not delay and the Senate should not have delayed either, certainly not to give tax breaks for millionaires. We should not have to wait for tax deals to do what’s right."
http://www.downtownexpress.com/...
The precious millionaires and billionaires!
Again!