Posted on 04/08/2010 6:53:32 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Top Democratic allies of President Barack Obama called Thursday for quick Senate ratification of a US-Russia treaty committing the former Cold War foes to major nuclear arms cuts.
"This is too important to delay," said Democratic Senator John Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tasked with taking up the pact before a full vote by the entire chamber.
Kerry said he would work with the panel's top Republican, Richard Lugar, after the Obama administration submits the full treaty "in early May" to hold hearings and "see that this historic treaty is ratified this year."
Obama has called on the Senate to meet that timetable, but Democrats and their two independent allies hold only 59 of the 67 votes needed to approve the treaty, meaning they will need to rally eight Republicans.
With November mid-term elections on the horizon and a bitterly partisan climate in Washington, prospects for doing so were unclear, and Republicans have signaled strong concerns over the new accord.
"You could probably quibble over renaming a post office on any given day in the United States Senate. That's not to say at the end of the day there isn't enough space and time to do this this year," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said in Prague, where Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the deal.
The White House and its allies have underlined that most past arms control deals have easily cleared the US Senate, which is charged by the US Constitution with voting to bring such agreements into force.
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Let’s Roll!!!
Yes
If Kerry wants it done quick, then it must be a terrible treaty. For the US, that is.
We are doomed, the force of the left is too strong to fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxLV0bVysnk
Oh and boohooo Obama!!! Still think you don’t need those pesky Republicans?
"Let's just pass it to see what is in it!"
And it's "historic" too
I sure as hell hope it so.
Kill the treaty...
Everything this administration wants has to be quick.
Before the people know what’s exactly in the crap they are implementing.
Slow is good. Stop is better.
The United States really got screwed with SALT 1 and 2.
These bastards are always in a big frigging hurry to pass laws or sign treaties.
When ever anyone pushes you to hurry up on a deal you know they are going to screw you.
They always roll out that tired tactic for every slimy, sneaky, underhanded, anti-American, anti-democratic thing they try. Which is virtually everything they do.
Reverse is the best.
Any Republicans who vote for this POS treaty needs to be targeted and hounded out of office whenever they come up for reelection.
This treaty is DOA.
any Senator that votes for this deserves to be tossed out of office asap
>> they will need to rally eight Republicans.
Good luck with that. If there were ever a cause to rally even the RINOs, killing this turkey should be it.
If they can’t pull it off, then the Stupid Party can go rot.
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