(from HSLDA)
Preliminary vote on the UN CRPD gives both hope and targets for more calls!
Today the Senate took a preliminary vote on the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The vote was on a “Motion to
Proceed” which means that the Senate gave permission to begin debate to
the treaty. As is often the case, this was a preliminary vote which
tells us a great deal about the vote for final p
assage.
The vote was 61 to 36. Three Senators did not vote.
Every Democratic senator voted for the treaty—Blumenthal (D-CT) was absent and not voting.
The Republicans supplied several “Yes” votes for the Obama
Administration on giving the UN some authority over America’s policies
for disabled adults and children. The GOP senators supporting Obama’s UN
push were: Ayotte (R-NH), Barrasso (R-WY), Brown (R-MA), Collins
(R-ME), Hatch (R-UT), Lugar (R-IA), McCain (R-AZ), and Snowe (R-ME).
Hatch was the biggest surprise in this group. Barrasso was a huge
disappointment because of his supposedly conservative stance on issues,
but his defection has been known for some time.
A good surprise
was the Moran (R-KS) voted against the CRPD on this preliminary matter.
Roberts (R-KS) and Kirk (R-IL) were absent.
I urge you all to
send an EMAIL of thanks to the Republicans who voted against the CRPD.
If your Senator is a Republican he voted against the CRPD unless
mentioned specifically here.
I urge you all to call all of the
other Senators yet again for their preliminary votes and urge them to
change their mind and support the principle that Americans should make
the law for America. While it is unlikely that Democrats will change
their minds—they need to know that there is a price to pay for attacking
American parents and giving away American self-government. Answering a
couple more days of phone calls is a small price to pay for their
decision to vote for the UN position.
Senator Reid has not yet filed
the motion needed to take this bill to the next vote which will be for
cloture. Thus, there will be two more votes before the treaty can be
ratified. We do not know the timetable yet. Some delay til Thursday or
Friday is likely.
We absolutely have to keep the pressure on.
But it is very important that you all send emails of thanks to the 36.
The opposition will be urging their people to pour on the calls to these
36 hoping to move just two. Call the three who were absent.
If we can keep at least 34, the treaty will be defeated.
Shore up the good guys with emails. Call the others to account with
phone calls. Try calling their local offices for a change of pace.
Thanks so much. You are making a difference. The Senate leadership
promised that this treaty would be ratified by July 26. Your calls are
the reason we are still in the fight.
They need to change two votes to win. We need to keep up our defense of freedom because no one else will.
~~Michael Farris
The vote was 61 to 36. Three Senators did not vote.
Every Democratic senator voted for the treaty—Blumenthal (D-CT) was absent and not voting.
The Republicans supplied several “Yes” votes for the Obama Administration on giving the UN some authority over America’s policies for disabled adults and children. The GOP senators supporting Obama’s UN push were: Ayotte (R-NH), Barrasso (R-WY), Brown (R-MA), Collins (R-ME), Hatch (R-UT), Lugar (R-IA), McCain (R-AZ), and Snowe (R-ME). Hatch was the biggest surprise in this group. Barrasso was a huge disappointment because of his supposedly conservative stance on issues, but his defection has been known for some time.
A good surprise was the Moran (R-KS) voted against the CRPD on this preliminary matter. Roberts (R-KS) and Kirk (R-IL) were absent.
I urge you all to send an EMAIL of thanks to the Republicans who voted against the CRPD. If your Senator is a Republican he voted against the CRPD unless mentioned specifically here.
I urge you all to call all of the other Senators yet again for their preliminary votes and urge them to change their mind and support the principle that Americans should make the law for America. While it is unlikely that Democrats will change their minds—they need to know that there is a price to pay for attacking American parents and giving away American self-government. Answering a couple more days of phone calls is a small price to pay for their decision to vote for the UN position.
Senator Reid has not yet filed the motion needed to take this bill to the next vote which will be for cloture. Thus, there will be two more votes before the treaty can be ratified. We do not know the timetable yet. Some delay til Thursday or Friday is likely.
We absolutely have to keep the pressure on.
But it is very important that you all send emails of thanks to the 36. The opposition will be urging their people to pour on the calls to these 36 hoping to move just two. Call the three who were absent.
If we can keep at least 34, the treaty will be defeated.
Shore up the good guys with emails. Call the others to account with phone calls. Try calling their local offices for a change of pace.
Thanks so much. You are making a difference. The Senate leadership promised that this treaty would be ratified by July 26. Your calls are the reason we are still in the fight.
They need to change two votes to win. We need to keep up our defense of freedom because no one else will.
~~Michael Farris
UPDATE from Michael Farris:
Here is the link for a video of the press conference on the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities held on Monday in the Senate with Senator Mike Lee, Senator Rick Santorum, and Michael Farris.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc7vvbApldI&feature=youtu.be
After you watch the press conference
(it is 26 minutes or so long), I would urge you to contact the editors
of the Washington Post to ask them to hold Dana Millbank to account for
his utterly inaccurate portrayal of what happened at this press
conference.
But most importantly, please keep on task to call the US Senators who need to change their votes to stop their intention to give away American self-government by ratifying this treaty.
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