House passes ADA expansion bill
September 17th, 2008From Associated Press on CBS, Chronicle of Higher Education:
The House passed and sent to the White House Wednesday legislation aimed at assuring that the protections of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act are maintained.
President Bush said through a spokeswoman that he “looks forward” to signing the measure.
The bill had been approved last week in the Senate. It is intended to reverse judicial rulings that have narrowed the broad scope of protection of the ADA, and represents a compromise between disability rights groups and business interests.
See previous post here.
UPDATE: Congress passes bill with protections for disabled, by Robert Pear in the New York Times. An excerpt:
Bills passed with overwhelming support are often insignificant or noncontroversial, but that was not true for this bill. “This is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation of our time,” said Representative Jim Langevin, Democrat of Rhode Island, who uses a wheelchair.
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