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Republican Congressman Says 9/11 Health Care Bill Will Fall Short In House Vote
Republican Congressman Peter King says he expects a bill that would provide health care coverage for thousands of September 11th first responders will fall short in a vote in the House of Representatives. The House is expected this afternoon to take up the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Democratic leaders have chosen to [...]
GOP Rep.: Bill to aid 9/11 responders will fail
A bill that would pay billions of dollars to people exposed to toxic dust from the World Trade Center will fall short in a House vote, one of its key supporters said Wednesday. The House is expected Thursday to take up a measure to provide free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and [...]
Plan to Aid 9/11 Victims Is Rejected in House
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic plan to provide billions of dollars for medical treatment to rescue workers and residents of New York City who suffered illnesses from the toxic dust and debris at ground zero. A majority of the lawmakers in the chamber supported the bill, but the 255-to-159 vote fell [...]
Bill to aid sick 9/11 responders fails in House
WASHINGTON — The House has rejected a bill that would pay up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by toxic dust from the World Trade Center. The measure on Thursday night failed to win the needed two-thirds majority. Members of Congress from New York and New Jersey who have pushed for such a [...]
Congress rejects Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act as GOP members balk at bill
WASHINGTON - Congress turned thumbs down on the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act on Thursday night, raising doubts it will ever pass. Most Republicans refused to back the measure, calling it a "slush fund," and saying it was another example of Democratic overreach and an "insatiable" appetite for taxpayers’ money. The bill would spend [...]
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, bill to help responders, may die
The House votes Wednesday or Thursday for the first time ever on a bill to care for the heroes and victims of Sept. 11, 2001 - and it’s likely to fail. That’s because Democratic House leaders decided Tuesday to push ahead with the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act under a rule that requires two-thirds [...]
DEP Says PA Gas Well Blowout Could Have Been Catastrophic
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) vows it will thoroughly investigate a blowout at a Marcellus shale natural gas well that the agency says could have been “catastrophic.” At about 8 p.m. Thursday June 3, operators of a EOG Resources gas well in Lawrence Township of Clearfield County, PA “lost control” of the well [...]
Gas Company Fined for $85,000 Violations at 13 Pennsylvania Well Sites
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Atlas Resources, LLC, of Moon, for violations of the Oil and Gas Act, the Clean Streams Law and the Solid Waste Management Act at 13 well sites. DEP says Atlas Resources failed to implement and maintain erosion and sedimentation control measures to prevent off-site discharges of [...]
Manhattan Company with History of Violations Recalls Fish Again Because of Botulism Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Bao Ding Seafood Co. Inc. of New York, NY 10002 is recalling the company’s Boiled Horse Mackerel due to the risk of potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition. They advise consumers should not use these products, [...]
Contagious Norovirus Linked to San Antonio Bay Oysters Again
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public to avoid eating oysters harvested from the San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Texas. The FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas are investigating about a dozen reports of consumers in North [...]
