The Republican and Democratic senators leading an effort to expand benefits significantly for more Americans sickened by nuclear radiation are taking different political approaches toward their mutual goal as the program expires this month.
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) told reporters last week that while he would continue to fight for legislation to provide compensation to more eligible families, a two-year, or even six-month, extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act keeps “the program alive” while negotiators “look at what can be done.”
The Senate passed the expanded version of RECA (S. 3850) in March, but House Speaker ...
