Zadroga Bill Tangled in Bush Tax-Cut Debate

The push to pass a bill that would reopen the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund to responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has become ensnared in the contentious debate over extending the Bush-era tax cuts, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said last week.Maloney said in a press release that 59 lawmakers have asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to add the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act to the House version of the bill extending the tax cuts.H.R. 847, known as the Zadroga bill, is named after the first New York City responder to die from a lung-related ailment tied to the...