Sept. 11 victims advocates say they secured Senate commitment to extend compensation fund
John Feal, who heads a group lobbying Congress to authorise the fund through 2090, emerged from the meeting in McConnell's office telling reporters that the Republican senator agreed to win Senate passage of a bill by August, when lawmakers typically leave Washington for a long summer recess.
Before Wednesday's meeting, McConnell told reporters,"As I've said repeatedly, we're certainly going to address this issue." On June 12 the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved a 70-year extension https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-sept11/house-panel-approves-permanent-sept-11-victims-compensation-idUSKCN1TD2TAof the fund.
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