Politico:

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday that the House should stay in session until the Senate passes a new version of a bill aimed at giving health benefits to Ground Zero workers. Setting up a clash in the final days of the congressional session, Schumer – along with fellow New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand – offered a modified version of a bill Sunday giving compensation to rescue workers who fell ill from the toxic dust stemming from the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “There are ways that the House may be able to pass this bill by unanimous consent,” Schumer said at a Sunday news conference in the Capitol. “Otherwise, we believe they should stay to get the bill passed, and we’re going to get it done as quickly as possible.” But with time running out this congressional session, Democrats have little margin for error. Schumer said that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) gave him assurances that the Senate would take up the bill after the Senate finishes its work on the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia. “We’re next,” Schumer said.

Of course, the whole reason we're in this fix to begin with is that despite its jihad against the Burlington Coat Factory Mosque near Ground Zero, Republicans have steadfastly blocked action on legislation to provide health benefits first responders and workers who risked their lives in the aftermath of 9/11 at Ground Zero. In other words: Ground Zero is so sacred that the First Amendment doesn't apply, but the workers who toiled in the rubble can go fuck themselves.

But now that the media (led by Jon Stewart) are shining a light on what Republicans are up to, and now that Democrats are going on offense and demanding action, it's looking increasingly likely that the GOP might actually get out of the way and let this bill pass.

Funny how that happens when you fight.