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Transcript: SENATE PASSES KENNEDY WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999
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- June 16, 1999
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 16, 1999
SENATE PASSES KENNEDY WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999
The United States Senate, by a vote of 99-0 today, passed landmark
legislation
sponsored by Senator Edward M. Kennedy that would remove the barriers
that
prevent so many citizens with disabilities from working and living
independent
and productive lives. The bill, the Work Incentives Improvement Act
of
1999, includes new tax credits, services and expanded health benefits
for
workers with disabilities. Senator James Jeffords sponsored the legislation
in the Senate along with Kennedy.
"Today in America, there are 54 million disabled men and women, and
more
than 70% ...