Legislation the Senate might take up next month to expand compensation for family members who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has broad bipartisan support.
But the lobbying push from 9/11 victims’ families threatens to reignite tensions with those who’ve waited even longer for restitution: Americans held hostage by Iran after the 1979 revolution that brought an Islamic regime to power.
The legislation, which the House passed last month on a 400-31 vote would provide nearly $3 billion in “catch-up payments” to 9/11 family members denied earlier rounds of compensation.
