The Senate on Thursday approved major legislation that would expand protection against workplace discrimination for people with disabilities and overturn several Supreme Court rulings that curbed such safeguards in the past decade.
The measure, passed on a voice vote and without dissent, is similar to a legislation that sailed through the House of Representatives in June, 402-17.
Minor differences between the two bills are expected to be quickly resolved so that a final version can be sent to President George W. Bush to sign into law. It would expand the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed by Bush's father, President George Bush.
"This is the most important piece of disability legislation since the enactment of the ADA in 1990 and we are close enough to the finish line that we can see over," said Andrew Imparato, head of the American Association of People with Disabilities via news.yahoo.com
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