U.S. Senate Rejects Treaty on the Rights of the Disabled
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The U.S. Senate rejected ratification of a treaty intended to grant equal access for the disabled to employment, health care, education, physical accommodations and legal protection under international law.
The 61-38 vote fell short of the two-thirds needed to consent to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first treaty of its kind. A majority of Republicans voted against ratification.