List of 38 U.S. Senators who blocked the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 4, 2012:

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

Roy Blunt (R-MO)

John Boozman (R-AR)

Richard Burr (R-NC)

Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Dan Coats (R-IN)

Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Thad Cochran (R-MS)

Bob Corker (R-TN)

John Cornyn (R-TX)

Mike Crapo (R-ID)

Jim DeMint (R-SC)

Mike Enzi (R-WY)

Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Dean Heller (R-NV)

John Hoeven (R-ND)

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

James Inhofe (R-OK)

Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Mike Johanns (R-NE)

Tim Johnson (R-WI)

Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Mike Lee (R-UT)

Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Rand Paul (R-KY)

Rob Portman (R-OH)

James Risch (R-ID)

Pat Roberts (R-KS)

Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Richard Shelby (R-AL)

John Thune (R-SD)

Pat Toomey (R-PA)

David Vitter (R-LA)

Roger Wicker (R-MS)

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Learn More:

• Senate.gov: Roll call vote #219 on Treaty Doc. 112-7 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”)
• UN.org: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Senate Republicans blocked ratification of U.N. treaty to protect people with disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. John McCain’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Text of former Sen. Bob Dole’s letter in support of ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Tom Harkin’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Mark Udall’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Chris Coons’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Daniel Inouye’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Patrick Leahy’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Chuck Grassley’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Jim DeMint’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Jeff Sessions’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Marco Rubio’s floor remarks against the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Jon Kyl’s floor remarks against the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. John Kerry’s floor remarks in support of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• WhatTheFolly.com: Transcript: Sen. Mike Lee’s floor remarks against the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities