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US Congress bans word 'lunatic' in federal legislation
The sharply divided US Congress has been able to agree on one thing at least - that the word "lunatic" should be banned.
The House of Representatives voted 398-1 on Wednesday to strike the term from all federal legislation, after the Senate did the same in May.
The measure is designed to remove language that has become outdated or demeaning from the US code.
The bill will now go to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Senator Kent Conrad, one of the sponsors of the measure, said: "Federal law should reflect the 21st Century understanding of mental illness and disease, and that the continued use of this pejorative term has no place in the US code."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20628988#TWEET425640
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Just think of all the good jobs this bill will create......Fantastic......
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(1,074 posts)LeftInTX
(25,385 posts)Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)Then they may actuall get some real work done.