Jason Lefkowitz on Nostr: "James Brosi, the president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association in New York, ...

"James Brosi, the president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association in New York, traveled to Washington last week to thank Speaker Mike Johnson for including long-term funding to help people with the lingering health effects from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as part of a bipartisan spending deal.

But by day’s end on Wednesday, President-elect Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, had scuttled the bill. The House and Senate finally approved stripped-down legislation to avert a government shutdown — without providing money for the health fund.

Mr. Brosi said he was crushed."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/sept-11-health-care-spending-bill.html

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