Republicans Vote Down UN Treaty on the Rights of People with Disabilities

Senate conservatives and Tea Party leaders including Rick Santorum have come out to oppose the U.S. Senate's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Ratification of the convention, which over 100 countries have already done, was backed by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the American Federation for the Blind, and many other groups.

The Senate needed two-thirds, or 67 of its 100 members to vote in favor of the treaty.  The final vote was 61-38 - all Republicans.

Link: http://www.slate.com/blogs/spitzer/2012/12/06/senate_votes_down_u_n_disabilities_treaty_why_republicans_won_t_extend_americans.html