Congress fixes ADA rollback

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 isn't as strong as its proponents wanted (because they had to compromise to get it past the elder Bush's veto pen), it's still a useful law when enforced.

But the activist Supreme Court has been slowly but surely chiseling away at the ADA. For instance, the SCrOTUS removed protections for people who tried to mitigate the disabilities they had.

Now Congress has - finally - cleaned up the Supremes' mess. On a voice vote, the House approved a measure that recently passed the Senate that would effectively reverse the court's rulings. This is one of very few acts (possibly the only act) by the current Congress that has reversed any of the inexplicable public policy changes that have occurred since 1995.

The current Bush has almost no choice but to sign Congress's ADA restoration bill into law, because they'll just override him if he vetoes it.

Now if Congress would get to work on repealing the '96 telcom law and the welfare "reform" act, we'll know they're finally living up to their mandate (just in time for the next election).

(Source: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17480217.htm)