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Showing Original Post only (View all)The 38 Republican Senators who voted against the treaty for disabled rights [View all]
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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)
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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. Bushs 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 Americas 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 treatys 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
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. Bushs 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 Americas 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 treatys 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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The 38 Republican Senators who voted against the treaty for disabled rights [View all]
ProSense
Dec 2012
OP
So ratification of this treaty was rejected-- good Gawd...Ratified by 125 countries, but not the US
hlthe2b
Dec 2012
#1
Still angry that Obama won re-election, they now kick the disabled in the gut across the world.
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#9
Hateful and, pardon the digression, seriously not terribly intelligent. n/t
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2012
#19
Republicans in Congress set another example for the rest of the world:
FailureToCommunicate
Dec 2012
#20
So does this mean we can drop the 'compromise and bipartisanship are the most
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#26