Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., objected to the projected cost of the bill that would reauthorize the 9/11 first responders compensation fund.

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A bill to reauthorize a fund that compensates victims of 9/11 and their families was delayed on the Senate floor by Sen. Rand Paul.

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky blocked an effort by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to secure the Senate's unanimous consent to renew the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. The bill, which the House of Representatives passed on July 12, ensures permanent funding …

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The fate of the bill is now in the hands of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money

The House voted on Friday on a $10 billion measure that would replenish a Sept. 11 fund for ailing first responders, and extend assistance for the rest of their lives.

Jon Stewart is back on Capitol Hill to support the reauthorization of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. The comedian and former The Daily Show host made headlines back in June when he gave a powerful speech before Congress urging them to extend funding for …

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Luis Alvarez used his last days to speak up in support of reauthorizing the September 11th Victim's Compensation Fund.

Alvarez appeared with former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart earlier this month to plead with Congress to extend the compensation fund. He entered hospice care days later.

One day after being berated by comedian Jon Stewart, a U.S. House committee has unanimously voted to extend the fund compensating 9/11 first responders.

The battle over funding for 9/11 victims has dragged on for years in Congress — and Jon Stewart is keeping up the fight

The unanimous vote comes one day after Jon Stewart shamed lawmakers for not attending the hearing.

Jon Stewart, the popular former host of the late-night comedy programme The Daily Show, criticised members of Congress for not attending a hearing on renewing funding for a programme that provides healthcare to first responders who were sickened responding to…

"I can't help but think what an incredible metaphor this room is ... a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress"

Jon Stewart's latest impassioned plea to help 9/11 first responders sickened by the attack is giving the issue new urgency in Washington. Dozens of police, firefighters and others joined Stewart at an emotional Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday where the former "D…

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Jon Stewart is known for his punchlines. But he took a far more serious tone when addressing lawmakers about the need to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Nancy Cordes reports.

Former late night host and 9/11 first responders advocate Jon Stewart choked up Tuesday while slamming Congress over health care for responders to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Comedian Jon Stewart scolds Congress for failing to ensure that a victims' compensation fund set up after the 9/11 attacks never runs out of money.

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