karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) (04/10/90)
Entirely out of context excerpts from the Word from Washington, as published by the United Cerebral Palsy Associations, February/March 1990. ================================================================ Energy & Commerce Committee Approves ADA by Bob Williams A top priority of the U. S. House this year must be the passage of the ADA. Three more committees - Judiciary, Public Works & Transportation and the Rules Committee - must go through a similar process before the ADA is sent to the House floor for a final vote, possibly in early May. Passage of the ADA would secure full civil rights protections to people with disabilities in bothe the public and private sectors. The mark up was extremely significant because the Committee has jurisdiction over those all portions of the ADA which affect Amtrak, commuter rail transportation and telecommunication. Business and transit groups lobbied hard for several weeks to weaken key provisions of ADA in these three areas. LATE BREAKING NEWS FLASH ...it was learned that the ADA likely will be voted on for final passage by the U. S. House of Representatives in early May. Write, call, send a phonegram, or visit your Representative in the next few weeks to vote "YEA" for ADA when it reaches the house floor. Encourage them to vote against any weakening amendments which may be offered to ADA as well. ================================================================ Of course, the ADA here is the Americans with Disabilities Act... So in this context, wrap a big :-) around the whole article. -- Karl --
mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Mike Feldman) (04/11/90)
I knew there was something fishy when Karl spelled it ADA :-)