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Clinton Proposes $2B for Ground Zero Workers

HeadlineSep 14, 2006

In other Senate news, Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced a measure Wednesday that would provide nearly two billion dollars in medical care to ground zero workers suffering after-effects of the cleanup of the September 11th attacks. The amendment comes on the heels of a study last week showing seven out of ten workers suffer from chronic lung ailments.

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