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ProSense

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Tue Dec 4, 2012, 02:25 PM Dec 2012

The 38 Republican Senators who voted against the treaty for disabled rights [View all]

NAYs ---38

Alexander (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00219

Treaty Rights for the Disabled

Published: December 3, 2012

The United States is a global leader in defending the rights of people with disabilities, thanks largely to the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, one of President George H.W. Bush’s crowning accomplishments. Now the Senate has a chance to extend the spirit of that law — and with it, real protections for the disabled — beyond our borders. It can vote on Tuesday to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, which declares that all citizens, regardless of ability, deserve to live in dignity, safety and equality under the law.

Signed by President Obama in 2009, the treaty has been ratified by 125 countries. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved it last July in a bipartisan vote, 13-6, while also passing a resolution to clarify, in case anybody was worried, that the United States would surrender none of its sovereign authority by joining the convention. The the treaty would have no power to alter or overrule United States law, and any recommendations that emerge from it would not be binding on state or federal governments or in any state or federal court.

But it would encourage other countries to bring their treatment of the disabled up to America’s gold standard, the A.D.A. That is more than enough reason to support it. A broad array of disability-rights groups say also that the treaty’s benefits for disabled Americans traveling abroad, particularly veterans, will be considerable.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/opinion/treaty-rights-for-the-disabled.html



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So ratification of this treaty was rejected-- good Gawd...Ratified by 125 countries, but not the US hlthe2b Dec 2012 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author backscatter712 Dec 2012 #7
No, it did not, because 2/3rds is required to ratify treaties CreekDog Dec 2012 #8
Yes... exactly.... (and what a disgrace) hlthe2b Dec 2012 #11
D'oh! I stand corrected. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #16
First guess my stupid rethug sentor propably is on this list ... kydo Dec 2012 #2
so is mine barbtries Dec 2012 #13
so is mine Burr (NC) AlbertCat Dec 2012 #25
yeah. barbtries Dec 2012 #37
He's my Senator, too. Terra Alta Dec 2012 #54
GOP Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri voted NAY.......to no one's surprise! LongTomH Dec 2012 #35
Thanks for passing this on. I was just going to look for the vote tally... pinto Dec 2012 #3
Absolutely appalling gademocrat7 Dec 2012 #4
Why?? kentuck Dec 2012 #5
They're evil. n/t ProSense Dec 2012 #14
According to the NYT link... GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #21
Yep, They're coming for your children and your guns because of the UN dballance Dec 2012 #31
What they won't say loyalsister Dec 2012 #32
Wait I see it the Treaty was signed by President Obama... Historic NY Dec 2012 #6
Still angry that Obama won re-election, they now kick the disabled in the gut across the world. kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #9
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #43
You mean that McCain broke ranks...and Collins too?? nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #10
McCain is himself disabled? This should come as no surprise Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #62
All Republicans NV Whino Dec 2012 #12
Ron Johnson Worried senior Dec 2012 #15
Hateful and, pardon the digression, seriously not terribly intelligent. n/t Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #19
He's Senator Dumbass undeterred Dec 2012 #44
Words cannot express how much I loathe that man. Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #46
Even more so because we love and respect undeterred Dec 2012 #63
Both Oklahoma Senators Are On There redstatebluegirl Dec 2012 #17
Both Utah senators too LadyHawkAZ Dec 2012 #38
The Morally Handicapped Club triplepoint Dec 2012 #18
Yep...or morally disabled. chimpymustgo Dec 2012 #22
Republicans in Congress set another example for the rest of the world: FailureToCommunicate Dec 2012 #20
Canada was one of the first countries to sign this riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #23
Thanks for the list ProSense. This List Should be Made VIRAL Cha Dec 2012 #24
So does this mean we can drop the 'compromise and bipartisanship are the most Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #26
LOSERS! You will be voted out next election! Dont call me Shirley Dec 2012 #27
I Spent All Day Yesterday Calling These Assholes otohara Dec 2012 #28
Addendum...one not voting too admonish Dec 2012 #29
McCain and Graham didn't vote the same way? BainsBane Dec 2012 #30
Apparently Ayotte voted with the sane people too. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #45
she is from New Hampshire so kind of has to JI7 Dec 2012 #49
Thanks Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #33
So is anyone surprised it's mainly red-state senators? dballance Dec 2012 #34
I fixed the list lyingsackofmitt Dec 2012 #36
This vote by Sen. Rubio will keep him from ever being President. kiranon Dec 2012 #39
Let's see... SummerSnow Dec 2012 #40
and over 20 of those groups can include white males Skittles Dec 2012 #48
You forgot Big Bird, NPR and art. Care Acutely Dec 2012 #60
but it might help him win the nomination JI7 Dec 2012 #41
Looks like Lisa Murkowski got another one right. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #42
I had to write to my crappy Senator (Johnson) on this Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #47
Republicans don't know why, but B Calm Dec 2012 #50
So maybe in January we can get this passed. mucifer Dec 2012 #51
here are the ones up for re-election in 2014 0rganism Dec 2012 #52
Your list helps to focus the mind. Thanks - n/t coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #61
beyond our borders? how so? Blackhawk44 Dec 2012 #53
Bastards sakabatou Dec 2012 #55
I can't figure Hutchinson out. She's retiring. LeftInTX Dec 2012 #56
This one is personal. rjlobo422 Dec 2012 #57
What would Kirk from IL have done? ChachaCha Dec 2012 #58
K&R n/t defacto7 Dec 2012 #59
Both of my Senators on there. If it's hateful, they're for it. (nt) LizW Dec 2012 #64
K&R. Let's get this over 300 recs. nt Pryderi Dec 2012 #65
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