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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThirty two years ago today...then Senator Joe Biden co-sponsored a bill...
that got signed into law July 26, 1990
The Americans with Disability Act.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/25/proclamation-on-the-anniversary-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/

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Thirty two years ago today...then Senator Joe Biden co-sponsored a bill... (Original Post)
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2022
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Oh, of COURSE they have. R's have tried to chip away at many different parts of ADA.
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2022
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FBaggins
(28,706 posts)1. There were 63 cosponsors
Biden was the 45th - less than two weeks before it passed.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,605 posts)2. Correct. Everybody wants to be in on a popular, bi-partisan bill.
moose65
(3,454 posts)3. Makes me wonder, though......
Why haven't the Republicans filed lawsuits against the ADA?? Shouldn't the states be able to decide on accommodations, because reasons??
FailureToCommunicate
(14,605 posts)4. Oh, of COURSE they have. R's have tried to chip away at many different parts of ADA.
It's what they do.