-Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, ( http://harkin.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=234411 ), is working on a bill to provide for additional federal court review in cases where the wishes of the incapacitated person are not known and there is a dispute among family members. -The House Government Reform Committee also plans to hold hearings at some time on the larger issues raised by the Schiavo case such as the long-term options available to the disabled, said David Marin, spokesman for committee chairman Tom Davis, R-Va, http://tomdavis.house.gov/davis_contents/center/feedback and http://tomdavis.house.gov/davis_contents/center/contactus/ -Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., http://www.house.gov/frank/welcome.html , a sharp critic of the Schiavo bill that Congress eventually passed, on Sunday told ABC's "This Week" that Congress needs to look at improving the procedures, "because I've spoken with a lot of disability groups who are concerned that even where a choice is made to terminate life, it might be coerced by circumstance."
Andrew Imparato, president of the American Association of People with Disabilities said their hope was that "we can set aside the politics of the culture of life and abortion, and focus in on what are the implications for people with disabilities."
Source: Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer --