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RhodaA Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 05:12 PM
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Revealed: Chamber lobbied against 9/11 health bill to save foreign members on taxes
The US Chamber of Commerce lobbied to kill a bill that would have helped cover medical expenses and compensation for first responders and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, according to documents available online.

The Chamber's aim was to keep open a tax loophole benefiting foreign corporations that the $7.4 billion bill would have closed to provide funding for the American emergency workers.

More:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/chamber-commerce-lobbied-kill-911-responders-bill/
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 07:09 PM
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1. Send this to Jon Stewart!!!
Edited on Sat Dec-18-10 07:10 PM by thecrow
He left for holiday tearing his hair out and blaming Repubicans.
Not that the Repubicans aren't in on this or anything, mind you.

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