Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that the Senate would move toward votes on a treaty protecting the rights of people with disabilities because Republicans still aren’t in agreement over amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Reid said that while Republicans discuss what they want to do on the defense authorization, he intends bring up the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday. 

The State Department will not be sponsoring rocker Andrew W.K.’s “positive partying” tour of Bahrain, canceling the trip that was initially approved, a spokeswoman said Monday.

“When more senior management at the embassy took a look at this, the conclusion was that this was not an appropriate use of U.S. government funds,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. “I think the conclusion was when they looked at the body of his work that we didn't need to be part of this invitation.”

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Monday blamed U.S. foreign policy — which he said favors Israel over other entities in the Middle East — for the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas.

"U.S. foreign policy being so one-sided actually results in more loss of life and of security on both sides," Paul said. "Surely Israelis do not enjoy the threat of missiles from Gaza nor do the Palestinians enjoy their Israel-imposed inhuman conditions in Gaza.

"But as long as Israel can count on its destructive policies being underwritten by the U.S. taxpayer it can continue to engage in reckless behavior. And as long as the Palestinians feel the one-sided U.S. presence lined up against them they will continue to resort to more and more deadly and desperate measures."

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President Obama is sending Vice President Biden to attend Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's inauguration on Saturday, the White House announced Monday.

The candidate of the center-left Institutional Revolutionary Party won election to a six-year term in August but won't take office until Dec. 1. He is scheduled to visit Obama at the White House on Tuesday for talks about immigration reform, border security and other issues.

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Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) disagreed on Monday with Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) softening stance on the potential nomination of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for secretary of State. 

The South Carolina congressman continued to take a hardline stand against Rice as a replacement for Hillary Clinton, saying that the ambassador has been "tainted" by her remarks on the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

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European Parliament President Martin Schulz arrives in Washington today for a three-day visit aimed at shoring up support for a free trade agreement between the United States and the 27-member European Union. Schulz, on his first official visit to the United States, is slated to meet with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today before meeting with Vice-President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) later in the week. Immediately following Schulz's visit, a delegation of 30 members of the European Parliament will be in town to discuss transatlantic trade and job creation.

U.N. climate change talks convene today in Doha, Qatar. [The New York Times]

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum visits Capitol Hill this afternoon to slam the U.N. convention on people with disabilities alongside Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Michael Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association.

EU finance ministers try to hammer out a $57 billion bail-out for Greece. [Associated Press]

Obama and congressional Republicans appear to be itching for a fight over Rice’s possible nomination as secretary of State.

"She knew that the story she was giving out was not entirely true," King said of Rice's initial explanation for Benghazi.