[Ct-nfb] Senate rejects UN Treaty for Disabled Rights

[David Andrews]

No, your error is that the number 38 is the 
number of people who voted against the motion, 
with 61 voting for it.  It requires a 2/3 majority,  or 66 votes to pass.

Dave


>Now without the typo:
>
>I am vastly confused by this post.  I'm not 
>trying to debate it or make it look silly, but I 
>need someone to please help me make sense of the content.
>
>The number 38, which was the smaller number, 
>would have been those who voted for the motion 
>since the motion failed.  It's possible that 38 
>was also the number of republicans who voted 
>against it, so that would leave 61-38=23 
>non-republicans who also voted no.  Is that right?
>
>Also, what does the ADA have to do with abortion rights?
>
>Justin
>
>Justin M. Salisbury
>B.A. in Mathematics
>Class of 2012
>East Carolina University
>president at alumni.ecu.edu
>
>“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, 
>committed citizens can change the world; indeed, 
>it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: Ct-nfb [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on 
>behalf of Chris Kuell [ckuell at comcast.net]
>Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 12:01 PM
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>Subject: [Ct-nfb] {Disarmed} Senate rejects UN Treaty for Disabled Rights
>
>Hello, List.
>
>I received several emails on this and other NFB 
>lists encouraging everyone to call their federal 
>senators and urge them to vote yes on 
>theConvention on the Rights of Persons with 
>Disabilities. In short, this was an agreement 
>among nations to assure the rights of people 
>with disabilities, modeled on our Americans with 
>Disabilities Act. Yet, the action failed. How 
>did people vote?     And why would they oppose 
>such a motion? The answer to the first question 
>is that every democrat in the senate voted to 
>pass the motion, while 38 republicans voted no. 
>I really have no answer to the second question, 
>although I now know how important rights for 
>people with disabilities are to our current republican congressman.
>
>Here is an article from 'The Hill'
>
>
>A United Nations treaty to ban discrimination 
>against people with disabilities went down to 
>defeat in the Senate on Tuesday in a 61-38 vote.
>
>The treaty, backed by President Obama and former 
>Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.), fell 
>five votes short of the two-thirds majority 
>needed for confirmation as dozens of Senate 
>Republicans objected that it would create new 
>abortion rights and impede the ability of people 
>to homeschool disabled children.
>
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>Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) argued the treaty 
>would infringe on U.S. sovereignty, an argument echoed by other opponents.
>
>“This unelected bureaucratic body would pass 
>recommendations that would be forced upon the 
>United States if we were a signatory,” he said.
>
>Supporters of the treaty argued that the 
>Convention on the Rights of Persons With 
>Disabilities would simply require the rest of 
>the world to meet the standards that Americans 
>already enjoy under the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act.
>
>
>
>The treaty was negotiated and first signed under 
>former President George W. Bush and signed again 
>by Obama in 2009. At least 153 other countries have signed it.
>
>Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), John 
>Barrasso (Wyo.), Scott Brown (Mass.), Susan 
>Collins (Maine), Dick Lugar (Ind.), John McCain 
>(Ariz.), Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Lisa 
>Murkowski (Alaska) voted with Democrats in favor of the treaty.
>
>________________________________
>
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