Obama plans to ink climate deal without Senate approval

American Thinker ^ | 08/27/2014 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

President Obama is planning to use some legislative trickery to write a new climate change accord and bypass the Senate's historic responsibility to approve treaties.

Hey! At least he's consistent in his lawbreaking.

The Hill:

Obama's climate team is putting together a “politically binding” deal to “name and shame” nations to cut their emissions, according to The New York Times.

The administration’s hope is to get the deal signed by a United Nations summit next year in Paris.

Because the Senate would be unlikely to ratify a treaty on global warming, the administration is seeking to mix fresh voluntary pledges with legally binding 1992 treaty conditions.

Such a deal, according to officials quoted by the Times, would represent an updated version of an existing deal, and would not require ratification by the Senate.

Delegates will discuss the proposal next month at a UN meeting in New York and would hope to draft the agreement in December at a meeting in Lima, Peru.

Such a deal is still likely to be very controversial in the United States, and talk of the unusual agreement comes months before a midterm election where the Senate majority is in play.

“Unfortunately, this would be just another of many examples of the Obama administration’s tendency to abide by laws that it likes and to disregard laws it doesn’t like — and to ignore the elected representatives of the people when they don’t agree,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told the Times in a statement.

[TBP]

How can they be legally binding if never ratified?

[FlingWingFlyer]

We’ve got a criminal in the White Hut. Good job low information voters!

[skeeter]

Has the minority leader of speaker of the house said anything about this?

Or are they back in the fetal position as usual?

[grania]

Mygosh, the Pres can’teven get a climate bill through his Democratic Senate? Why doesn’t he just declare himself Emperor and choose the name Nero?

[Slyfox]

Jarrett did say that Congress would not be a problem after the 2012 election.

Must be a lady of her word.

[capydick]

Unfortunately, this would be just another of many examples of the Obama administration’s tendency to abide by laws that it likes and to disregard laws it doesn’t like — and to ignore the elected representatives of the people when they don’t agree,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told the Times in a statement.

Then whatcha gonna do about it you simp?

[bicyclerepair]

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[dennisw]

Good job low information freepers who would not vote for Romney!

[circlecity]

"Such a deal, according to officials quoted by the Times, would represent an updated version of an existing deal, and would not require ratification by the Senate."

Nothing which differed from the existing treaty would be legally binding. It appears that nothing in this "agreement" would be binding on the United States. Like Koyoto, which was never ratified either.

[C210N]

Did you intend to post a picture of the Sinate minority leader?

Something must of went bump in the HTML 'img' tag, cause all I see on my screen is a Turtle's face.

[SMARTY]

Is that where all working Americans make a pact refusing to file tax returns?

[Marathoner]

Get back to me when someone, ANYONE, has the gonads to finally file Articles of Impeachment on his worthless ass.

[ChildOfThe60s]

It’s petty of you to make personal remarks about The Chinless One.

[molson209]

well it’s Obama ,so it’s NOTHING

[reed13k]

They aren’t saying it’s legally binding they are saying it is “politically binding”.

It’s a bunch of hot air basically cause they think they have nothing else to do .... I suppose that’s sarcastic if it weren’t so true

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[Vaduz]

Guess his coloring book isn’t full yet.

[Bigg Red]

Well, in the last paragraph of the excerpt, it sounds like Turtle said something critical. But he probably just scurried away afterwards and plans to stay in his shell for a few months. I am sure President Jarrett just laughed at the response.

[Bigg Red]

That female is NO lady.