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US Senate Approves Bill to Extend 9/11 Victims Fund

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - The Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a
   bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11
   attacks never runs out of money.

   The 97-2 vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump, who is expected
   to sign it.

   The vote came after Democratic senators agreed to allow votes on
   amendments sponsored by two Republican senators who had been blocking
   the widely popular bill. The Senate easily defeated the amendments
   proposed by GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky. Lee
   and Paul voted against the bill's final passage.

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