Fucking idiots. Jon Stewart summed it up perfectly:

So guess what, Republicans? Here's the deal: Your 'We're the only party who understands 9/11 and its repercussions' monopoly ends now!" Jon Stewart declared last night, after Republicans failed to vote down a filibuster of the Zadroga Bill, which provides aid to 9/11 first responders suffering from related health problems. "So no more co-opting 9/11 imagery to get yourselves elected," he added. "No more using 9/11 as the date when magically all your policies became right. No more using 9/11 to micromanage Manhattan zoning decisions. No using 9/11 as an excuse for why your Bush tax cuts never stimulated the economy in the first place; or 9/11 as an excuse for what you were going to be doing anyway. No more using 9/11 as a price point. You know what, Republicans? You use [9/11] so much, if you don't owe the 9/11 responders healthcare, you owe them royalties.
http://videos.nymag.com/video/Jon-Stewart-Takes-Down-the-G-O