Stewart was widely credited with helping to rally the necessary votes for passage of the original Zadroga Act in 2010 by interviewing a panel of four 9/11 first-responders when the bill was struggling for support in Congress.
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Jon Stewart’s been busy since he ended his more than 16-year run as host of “The Daily Show”.
But aside from the quality of the episode, Stewart’s presence on the show is inexplicable.
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“So he used the health of the 9/11 first responders as a bargaining chip to make it easier to sell oil?”
Trevor Noah basically handed the whole show over to Jon Stewart yesterday, and the tone of the show was much more serious than normal thanks to the subject they were discussing. The Act, first passed in 2010 by Congress (after a lot of pressure) expired, in part, on September 30, 2015, and the rest is set to expire by October of 2016.
The appearance will mark Stewart’s first time returning to The Daily Show since exiting in August.
Stewart then found out for himself what it’s like to be a Daily Show correspondent.
The once-upon-a-time king returned to his castle last night on Comedy Central.
The New York Times recently reported that McConnell said he supports the Zadroga Act and is willing to add it to an end-of-year omnibus bill. Noah has never seemed glib, which is an achievement, but putting him next to Stewart, even for 15 minutes on Monday, was a clash of gravity and levity, of battle-hardened wisdom and inexperienced uncertainty.
“How about this: hashtag worst responders”, Stewart said.
Stewart was in Washington, D.C., last week to press the issue of the James Zadroga act, which was created to guarantee first responders federally funded health care. Stewart, dressed in a t-shirt, said to Noah at the beginning of his segment.
“Wait, are you here to take the show back?”
Mr. Stewart then called on everybody watching The Daily Show to use social media to try to raise awareness for what’s happening on Capitol Hill by tweeting with #WorstResponders.
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Many first responders suffer from major medical problems and spend a lot of money getting treatment.
