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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I received several emails on this and other NFB
lists encouraging everyone to call their federal senators and urge them to vote
yes on the<FONT size=3>Convention 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.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Here is an article from 'The Hill'</FONT></DIV>
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<P>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.</P>
<P>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. </P>
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Inhofe (R-Okla.) argued the treaty would infringe on U.S. sovereignty, an
argument echoed by other opponents.
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<P>“This unelected bureaucratic body would pass recommendations that would be
forced upon the United States if we were a signatory,” he said. </P>
<P>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.</P>
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<P>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. </P>
<P>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.</P>
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<P sizset="148" sizcache="2"><B><I>More from The Hill:</I></B><BR><A
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Boehner goes on PR blitz to counter Obama</B></A><BR><A
href="http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/270809-warren-tapped-for-spot-on-senate-banking"
mce_href="http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/270809-warren-tapped-for-spot-on-senate-banking"><B>♦
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