LANDMARK TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL PASSES THE HOUSE AND HEADS TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

The article reports on the passage of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act and its technical corrections bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Eric Bridges of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), ACB acknowledges the advocacy of Representative Ed Markey and Senator Mark Pryor through this difficult process. Bridges also mentions that the bill will be signed by President Barack Obama to become a public law.