Congress exempt from Civil Rights Act
OPS_admin | Jul 17, 2010 | Comments 0
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle took Rand Paul to task when he suggested earlier this year that Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act shouldn’t apply to private businesses.
But a new report from Congress’s Office of Compliance notes that Congress has never applied the provision to itself.
“The OOC Board of Directors has taken the position that the rights and protections afforded by Titles II and III of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against discrimination with respect to places of public accommodation should be applied to the legislative branch,” OOC officials wrote in the report.
Full Story: Congress exempt from Civil Rights Act – Erika Lovley – POLITICO.com.
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