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GOP Senator Blocks Bill Boosting 9/11 Victims Fund

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   A Republican senator blocked a bipartisan bill that would have made
   sure that a fund providing compensation to 9/11 workers would remain
   viable until 2090.

   Rand Paul of Kentucky questioned the bill's 70-year time frame and said
   any new spending should be offset by corresponding cuts so the U.S.
   government's $22 trillion debt does not continue to grow.

   "It has long been my feeling that we need to address our massive debt
   in the country," Paul said on the Senate floor Wednesday. "And,
   therefore, any new spending ... should be offset by cutting spending
   that's less valuable. We need to at the very least have this debate."

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