[Blindtlk] Vote on U.N. disability treaty blocked

[Danielle Antoine]

Sherry, I like your quote. Mike, I am choking I am laughing so hard.
If folk were sleeping, they'd be wide awake by now. Just couldn't hold
that one.

Danielle

On 9/22/14, Mike Freeman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What they're afraid of is *anything* involving the United Nations! After
> all, according to them, the U.S. is right and everyone else -- heathens
> that
> they are -- is wrong and deserve to boil in oil.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alana
> Leonhardy via blindtlk
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:41 AM
> To: Sherri; Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: NFB Talk Mailing List; <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Vote on U.N. disability treaty blocked
>
> Can you find the actual text of the treaty, or a summary for us non-legal
> types, so we have a better idea of what our politicians are afraid of?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 22, 2014, at 06:58, Sherri via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Just passing on. Don't want to start a debate!
>>
>> Sherri
>>
>> Vote On UN Disability Treaty Blocked
>>
>> By Michelle Diament | September 17, 2014
>> An objection from a Republican senator Wednesday derailed an attempt to
>> bring a vote on ratification of the United Nations Convention on the
> Rights
>> of Persons
>> with Disabilities. (Thinkstock)
>>
>> An objection from a Republican senator Wednesday derailed an attempt to
>> bring a vote on ratification of the United Nations Convention on the
> Rights
>> of Persons
>> with Disabilities. (Thinkstock)
>>
>> An effort in the U.S. Senate to bring a vote on an international
> disability
>> rights treaty has been squashed.
>>
>> Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, took to the Senate floor Wednesday calling for a
>>
>> unanimous consent vote on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
>> Persons
>> with Disabilities.
>>
>> The senator requested two hours of debate on the treaty with no
>> amendments
>
>> followed by an up-or-down vote much like the Senate did two years ago.
>>
>> Within minutes, however, the plan was shot down with an objection from
> Sen.
>> Mike Lee, R-Utah, who said that two hours of debate was insufficient and
>> indicated
>> that amendments should be allowed.
>>
>> "There are a number of our colleagues, both on and off the committee, who
>>
>> have concerns with this treaty," Lee said.
>>
>> The U.N. Convention, which establishes an international standard for
>> disability rights similar to what's already in place domestically through
>>
>> the Americans
>> with Disabilities Act, was signed by the United States in 2009, but
>> Senate
>
>> approval is needed for ratification and official participation.
>>
>> The treaty is broadly supported by disability advocates and many civil
>> rights, faith, business and veterans organizations. However, critics
>> spearheaded
>> by the Home School Legal Defense Association contend that the treaty
>> would
>
>> compromise U.S. sovereignty.
>>
>> A previous effort in 2012 to ratify the U.N. Convention
>> failed
>> in the Senate on a largely party-lines vote.
>>
>> Harkin said it was "another sad, irresponsible day in the U.S. Senate"
> after
>> Lee's objection derailed his hope for a new vote.
>>
>> Earlier this week, the United Nations announced that 150 countries have
>> ratified the disability treaty.
>>
>>
>> Sherri
>>
>> Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world.
>> Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no
> one
>> is paying attention.
>> Sherri Brun
>> NFBF Newsline Chair
>> flmom2006 at gmail.com
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