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America Made Their Voices Heard for Our 9/11 Heroes

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Who are we as Americans if we don't take care of our heroes? It's been nine long years since these brave men and women answered the call on 9/11 and I'm so proud that today the US Senate has now answered theirs.

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Tom Coburn Vs. Rudy Giuliani In Latest Battle Over 9/11 First Responders Bill

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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This story has been updated with additional reporting by Ryan Grim WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a licensed physician long known as the S...

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Senate Republicans Spread Ground Zero Gloom

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Dan Collins

New York bashing is back. The GOP scuttling of the 9/11 health bill suggests it makes sense to sue to get your due. Not the message the trial-lawyer-averse Republicans might have wanted to send, but they sent it.

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Needed: A GOP Ground Zero Hero

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Dan Collins

The 9/11 health bill faces a vote in the Senate. Democratic backers are one Republican vote short of passage.

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GOP's Ground Zero Hypocrisy

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Dan Collins

The same folks who refuse to spend money on the heroes who sacrificed their lives and their health at Ground Zero are worried sick that a nearby mosque will sully the sacred soil.

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