Zedroga Act News Today

2010. five years later as congress prepares to wrap up legislative session medication compensation hinge on one piece of unfinished business, the zedroga act established the world trade center health program offering for survivors, first responders and those who responded to the pentagon crash site and shanksville, pennsylvania. there are more than 72,000 patients enrolled in the world trade center health program. this fall the zadroga act expired. house speaker paul ryan saying this week the za...

Politics pay for it. >> all right, nbcs luke russert is with us from the hill. he has more on this. so, interesting to see that take, as weve heard from him before, luke. the 9/11 first responders bill on the table. throwing that weight around it in that classic jon stewart style, but does he have the real influence when it comes to something like that with the lawmakers? >> reporter: oh, certainly, frances. we can say that this zedroga act will be part of this overafter aching $1.1 trillion spe...