"Executive orders are not laws."
Stop grasping, you're making yourself look silly. You asked if President Bush "knew" if the Senate had to ratify treaties.
Well, the fact of the matter is that President Clinton signed Executive Orders that *forced* all federal government agencies to behave as though the Kyoto Treaty *had* been ratified, even though it hadn't.
President Bush repealed those XO's, and Bush also pulled the U.S. out of the whole Kyoto ratification process.
Does none of this matter to you? Are you so opinionated and biased that you won't even give President Bush credit for duly killing the Kyoto Global Warming treaty?
Well, the fact of the matter is that President Clinton signed Executive Orders that *forced* all federal government agencies to behave as though the Kyoto Treaty *had* been ratified, even though it hadn't. Like what? Please cite. How can you force government agencies to do anything that is not based on law? You can issue whatever XO you like, but if it is not based on any law, courts throw them out regularly. Ask anyone who has practiced any admin law. Even if Bush repealed those XO's, the courts would have thrown them out anyways if they are not based on US law. BTW, the Bush administration did go back on the arsenic level XO. After repealing it, I think Bush reinstated it.