what the hell

Senate Republicans blocked U.S. approval of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. They seem to be suddenly afraid of exporting American values.

All that this treaty would accomplish is to encourage nations around the world to follow the recommendations of the United States' Americans with Disabilities Act. Republicans seem to be under the false impression that doing this simple thing would somehow infringe on American rights. They are, in a word, mad.