Cotton blocking quick passage of bill compensating 9/11 victims ...Middle East

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is blocking the Senate from voting on a bill aimed at providing close to $3 billion to victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, calling for victims of the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon to share in the compensation.  The Republican senator opposed efforts by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last month to fast-track the “Fairness for 9/11 Families Act” to a vote on the Senate floor. The bill, H.R. 8987, passed the House in September with overwhelming bipartisan support, with 400 in support and 31 against. Cotton’s opposition comes as the 117th Congress comes to a close, and could force its sponsors to re

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