by jpitney | Mar 28, 2024 | California Politics, Disabilities
At LAT, Rebecca Ellis reports on abuse at Elwyn-Mayall, a home in Northridge for developmentally-disabled adults. In California, an alphabet soup of bureaucracies is tasked with making sure people with developmental disabilities are not abused — and if they are,...
by jpitney | Feb 15, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Disabilities, House of Representatives
I have an article at The Forum: “Disability Policy in the Contemporary Congress.” Abstract: The politics of disability policy in the contemporary Congress confirms the observation by James Curry and Frances Lee that lawmaking largely remains a process of...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Disabilities, Senate
At NYT, Kayla Guo writes that family experience with disability can foster bipartisanship on disability issues. She focuses on Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) They have little in common in terms of politics or legislative priorities. But both...
by jpitney | Oct 3, 2023 | Biden, Disabilities
Remarks by President Biden to Celebrate the Americans With Disabilities Act; You know, one of my first acts as a United States senator — I know I don’t look old enough to do it — (laughter) — but one of my first acts was I voted — I was a co-sponsor of the...
by jpitney | Jun 4, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Disabilities
“Disability Policy in the Contemporary Congress,” John J. Pitney From the journal The Forum https://doi.org/10.1515/for-2023-2017 Abstract: Cite thisShare this The politics of disability policy in the contemporary Congress confirms the observation by James...