Posted on 07/11/2012 6:24:39 AM PDT by IbJensen
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are pushing two controversial UN treaties that the U.S. Senate will consider this month.
Upon the advice of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Obama has confirmed his intention to sign two controversial U.N. treaties -- the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) and the so called "small arms" treaty.
Although many citizens and elected representatives are sounding the alarm about the small arms treaty, such as this entry Sunday at the Daily Paul, some political observers note that the treaty is unlikely to pass the Senate. But a very different scenario is developing for the Law of the Sea.
Twenty Republican senators are set to join with Democrats in upholding LOST. Some who are included in the list of 20 are those who have not yet decided how they will vote on the issue. Thus, the list of 20 includes those who have either declared support for LOST or declined to indicate their views on the subject one way or the other
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The U.S. Constitution grants authority to presidents to enter into treaty agreements with other nations and entities. But due to the fact that a treaty, if approved, becomes the law of the land, the U.S. Senate must approve by an exact two-thirds majority rather than the simple supermajority of 60 votes. This means that 67 votes are needed in the Senate to approve a treaty.
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The 20 Republicans who are apparently set to uphold the treaty, or who have not yet decided, are Enzi, McConnell, Hutchison, Toomey, Johanns, Ayotte, Graham, McCain, Lugar, Kirk, Snowe, Collins, Murkowski, Isakson, Grassley, Portman, Corker, Cochran, Brown, and Alexander.
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The small arms treaty, on the other hand, is facing a much more difficult task in gaining the approval of the Senate.
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Jim DeMint was right, Palin was wrong.
mighty quiet in “Palin ville”..... I expected at least flaming reply from a Palin supporter
The only folks who will be voting in the runoff are hardcore. Maybe a bit more here in Smith County as we have a pretty hot High Sheriffs race runoff too.
How big an impression did the “Senators” endorsement make on you?
Was originally a bit on the fence until I dug into the facts on dirty-dog Cruz helping the Chinese rip off a poor US businessman. That told me all I needed to know about Dewhurst. I'm OK with Dewhurst as Lite Gov. his half RINO compromising works better there.
Takes 2/3rds to Rat a treaty. I suspect that GOP 20 was some significant level of MSM dem-spin. In this climate I think the dems will have a real tough time getting 15 Pubbies to walk the plank. More likely some dems will jump ship on nobama/hitlery.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2568313/posts
http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/b/2008/10/15/palin-supports-law-of-the-sea-treaty.htm
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