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W_HAMILTON

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8. Did Democrats oppose it?

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:12 PM

Wednesday

Never mind, I answered it for you: there were just eight votes against the ADA in both chambers, with all eight being Republican votes (because business interests opposed it, as did religious groups because of its protections for HIV+).

PS - A Democrat (Tom Harkin) wrote the final bill and Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress when this bill was passed for Bush's signature, which was not even needed because it passed with a veto-proof majority.