If you were to look up in the dictionary the words ``bipartisan effort,'' this bill's number would be next to that effort. On July 26, the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the House passed, by an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 348-23, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that I'd introduced last year to update the ADA for the digital era. On August 5 the Senate passed the companion bill by unanimous consent, and then on September 22 the Senate unanimously passed the bill to make technical corrections to its companion bill. We are now taking up both of these bills, and we'll send them, after passage, to the President to be signed into law.
Ed Markey: “If you were to look up in the dictionary the words ``bipartisan effort,'' this bill's number would be next to that…”
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Markey discusses the bipartisan support for the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
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