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James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
The measure will effectively make health care permanent for people who came forward to help in the aftermath of the terror attacks.
Lawmakers have agreed to earmark $8 billion in this year's measure to keep the government open.
Lawmakers are ironing out the final details.
Clinton helped write the first 9/11 health bills in the Senate when she represented New York.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Sources say the Energy and Commerce Committee is mistakenly cutting the bill and almost left off the name.
Stewart returns to implore lawmakers to finally pass a permanent law to help 9/11 responders.
The heroes called the Senate majority leader "deplorable" for stalling Sept. 11 legislation.
"It's ... ironic that we sit here now, a few days after Paris had their 9/11, to take care of the folks who responded to ours," one advocate says.
One proposed bill would fill that gap, two others cover less than half.
A permanent 9/11 bill has majority support, but two congressmen decided to write their own temporary bills instead.
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