Despite bipartisan support for a United Nations disability rights treaty, a
group of Republican lawmakers is holding up U.S. Senate consideration of the
matter.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee planned to consider the U.N.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities last week, but was unable
to after Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and a number of other Republicans reportedly
placed a hold on it.
The move effectively squashed efforts by supporters of the treaty to get the U.S. to ratify it before the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Thursday.
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