Floor Action: December 04, 2012 - Resolution of advice and consent to ratification not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 61-38.
Treaty Number: 112-7
Transmitted: May 17, 2012
Short Title: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Type: Human Rights
Formal Title: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and signed by the United States of America on June 30, 2009 (the "Convention").
Senate Executive Report(s): 112-6
Related Document(s): Ex.Rept. 112-6
Previous Senate Vote
Floor Action: December 04, 2012 - Considered by Senate.
Floor Action: December 04, 2012 - Treaty moved through its parliamentary stages up to and including presentation of the resolution of advice and consent to ratification.
Floor Action: December 04, 2012 - Resolution of advice and consent to ratification not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 61-38.
Senate rejects United Nations treaty for disabled rights 61-38 bit.ly/11OiCD2
— Pray for Congress (@PrayforCongress) December 4, 2012
If the Senate can't approve a disabilities act championed by the United States, there's no hope for them as a legislative body.
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