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• Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed), Issue Brief Number IB74122
  Report by the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service. It describes the controversy surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment and extending its ratification deadline.
• ERA Boycott Campaign: Put your money where your rights are...
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "ERA Boycott Campaign." The boycott campaign targets states where the Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified.
• CRS Report for Congress: Disabled Persons: State Laws Concerning Accessibility and Discrimination
  This report surveys and discusses the statutes in the fifty states and the District of Columbia which concern accessibility of buildings, transportation and public accommodations for disabled persons along with the right of disabled persons to be accompanied by a guide dog within all of these facilities. In addition, laws prohibiting discrimination of disabled persons in the areas of employment, public accommodation and transportation were examined.
• Sunflower Federation of the Blind, 6 November 1971
  Remarks of Senator Dole to the Sunflower Federation of the Blind's annual state convention. He discusses government efforts on disability, disability services in Kansas, and state and federal rehabilitation efforts.
• Memo: Your Letter to the Washington Post
  Memorandum regarding Dole's letter to the editor of the Washington Post being published, the Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing on Social Security's disability programs, and Senator Chafee's vote on children's SSI. Includes an Washing Post article on children's SSI.
• Memo: News Clip/Carol Rasco
  Newspaper profile on Carol Rasco about her work as Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy while raising a son with cerebral palsy. Includes a note from Dole expressing regard for Rasco's work for disability advocacy.
• Memo: Floor Statement Regarding Clinton's Rejection of Judge Arnold as a Supreme Court Nominee
  Floor statement by Dole and articles and editorials criticizing Clinton's decision not to appoint Richard Arnold into the Supreme Court due to his lymphoma. Dole is advised not to further aggregate disability rights advocates to not become a target.
• Memo: Clinton Violated Spirit of ADA in Rejecting Judge Richard Arnold as his Supreme Court Nominee
  Newspaper articles and editorials about Clinton's decision not to appoint Richard Arnold to the Supreme Court due to his lymphoma. The memo says that this is against the spirit of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and may violate a different legislation.