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  • House panel passes 9/11 victims fund bill a day after Jon Stewart's emotional testimony

    06/12/2019 5:18:20 PM PDT · by Beave Meister · 41 replies
    CBS News ^ | 6/12/2019 | GRACE SEGERS, EMILY TILLETT
    The House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill which would permanently reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Wednesday, the day after comedian Jon Stewart gave impassioned testimony in support of the bill in video that quickly went viral. The bill will now go to the floor for a full vote in the House of Representatives, where it is likely to pass. It's unclear whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will take up the bill in the Senate, although Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Wednesday that he was "imploring, pleading, even begging" McConnell to bring the bill...