Senate takes up UN disability treaty
from AP Top Political News At 5:39 a.m. EST by By JIM ABRAMS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.N. treaty promoting equal rights for the disabled faced an uncertain future in the Senate Tuesday as Republicans objected to taking up an international treaty during a lame-duck session of Congress and expressed concerns about ceding authority to the United Nations....
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