great bill, shitty timing.
They could have been heroes and said "this is the ONLY bill we pass until we get the bush tax cut".
instead, they shit on 911 heroes and get 2 weeks of bad press. Luckily they came up with this good idea. But at this point, it's using a single kleenex to clean up a 10-man bukkake victim.
Repubs have officially lost their grasp on 9/11. They put tax cuts before 911 hero health. Sure, they slashed budget 2 weeks later once they thought of some way to lessen the PR nightmare.
Doesn't change the fact they did get a pretty bad black eye with 911 heroes.