Date 10/09/2015 - News People
Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is heading back to Washington next week?this time to lobby for a permanent extension of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which is set to expire at the end of this month. Stewart plans to roam the halls of Congress with roughly a hundred 9/11 responders next Wednesday. The goal is to pressure lawmakers to continue funding health programs for thousands of firefighters, cops, and EMTs who suffer from illnesses, including cancer, caused by their work at ground zero.