On his final show of 2010, Jon Stewart turned serious. He turned a segment over to firefighters and police officers who were first on the 9/11 scene, gauging their reaction to the fact that Senator Republicans are holding up a bill that would provide $7.4 billion in health care benefits to first responders who became ill due to their actions at the World Trade Center. Jon Stewart Interviews 9/11 First Responders The filibuster is due to a Republican pledge in September to not consider any legislation before first resolving the pressing topic of extending tax cuts to those making over $250,000. “This is an outrageous abdication of our responsibility to those who were most heroic on 9/11,” Stewart said. “I would like to see one of these Senators have the balls to explain why somehow getting a tax cut extension for wealthy Americans is more important than suffering Ground Zero workers.” Challenge extended, Republicans.
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Jon Stewart Interviews 9/11 First Responders, Destroys Republican Senators
