The Senate passed bipartisan legislation to permanently extend the 9/11 victims fund
, guaranteeing that first responders suffering health problems after the attacks and their survivors receive their full benefits.The legislation, which the House approved earlier this month after a steady lobbying push from comedian Jon Stewart and 9/11 first responders, now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature.Comedian Jon Stewart will attend the Senate Democratic Caucus lunch on Tuesday as the chamber is poised to permanently authorize the 9/11 victims fund.
The former "Daily Show" star who advocates for 9/11 responders and beefing up the fund was invited by New York's senators, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. The bill to aid victims and first responders of the 2001 terrorist attacks is expected to clear the Senate and go to President Donald Trump's desk Tuesday afternoon.
"These men and women, many of them sick, some of them gravely so, won't have to return to Congress any more to fight for the compensation they always should have been given," Schumer said. poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201906/967/1155968404_6047431160001_6047423539001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"Stewart has railed against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for not passing the bill more quickly, though McConnell has said repeatedly its passage was never in doubt. "The Senate has never failed to attend to the fund before and we're not about to do so now," McConnell said on Tuesday.
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