Paul's action comes less than a month after the death of first responder and funding advocate Luis Alvarez
Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Last week, the House passed an extension of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund that would provide funding for the care of first responders and their families until fiscal year 2090. The vote was near unanimous, at 402-12, and according to a statement last Friday from Mitch McConnell, it appeared that the Senate would approve it without controversy: “The Senate has never forgotten the Victim Compensation Fund and we aren’t about to start now.
One of the few deficit hawks remaining in the party — Mick Mulvaney has certainly bailed on him — Paul seems to be attracting unnecessary criticism for his effort, considering that the bill will still be brought to the floor for a vote following his objection. “Senator Paul may have turned his back on our first responders today, but now we have a filibuster-proof bipartisan support of 73 cosponsors in addition to myself,” Kirsten Gillibrand, who introduced the bill, said on Wednesday.
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