Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the commitment to call a vote after meeting with a group of 9/11 first responders.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to call a Senate vote on a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
Approving the bill in the House and Senate by August would be"way ahead of schedule" and a credit to McConnell and advocates such as Stewart, Feal said.and other congressional leaders for failing to ensure that the victims' fund, set up after the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, is replenished.
Feal called Tuesday's meeting with McConnell"one of the best meetings" he's had at the Capitol in more than 15 years of advocacy on the issue. Feal told reporters that he gave McConnell"my version of what compassion is ... and I think we left the meeting now knowing what our compassion is, and he has to match that. And I think he will."
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