They made ailing responders lobby them for months while using the 9/11 bill as leverage to move items on their own agendas such as lifting an oil export ban. The Huffington Post Kenny Anderson and Ray Pfeifer wait outside Mitch McConnell's office hoping to plead for his help passing a new 9/11 bill. “The way they passed that bill was so ugly — the way it was put on at the last minute, at the last second,” Pfeifer said. For first responders, remembering 9/11 is not just about honoring that terrible day and their losses and sacrifices. “This is stuff that’s right up front — they should just get it done.” That’s what Pfeifer will never forget.

Source: Huffington Post September 11, 2016 12:05 UTC