[Timber Rattler]

That “up or down vote” will need only 51 votes, but it will not be a treaty, but instead a simple agreement.

Wrong. Hatch wrote it so that it will require 60 votes for disapproval. Otherwise, Obama will skate with whatever Kerry comes back with.

[ConservativeMind]

Please give any reference that shows Hatch (or anyone) somehow made a requirement of 60 votes to “not pass” any bill (TPA, TPP, etc.).

I have never heard of bills being defaulted to passing UNLESS 60 votes say “no.”

I understand you think something is wrong, but this sounds ludicrous.