Our sadly dysfunctional Senate

For an example of just how off the wall today's Republican Party has become, consider what happened last week in the U.S. Senate, which once upon a time could call itself "the world's greatest deliberative body." The senators were considering whether to ratify a United Nations treaty on rights for people with disabilities.

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