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New START treaty passes key Senate vote (Cloture passes 67-28, 11 R support)
Los Angeles Times ^ | Dec 22, 2010 | Lisa Mascaro and Michael Muskal

Posted on 12/21/2010 1:25:07 PM PST by Innovative

The Senate voted 67-28 to pass a cloture motion, seemingly enough to assure final ratification. Eleven Republicans joined with 56 Democrats to pass the cloture motion.

It will take 67 votes to ratify the New Start pact, which would give the Obama administration its top foreign policy goal in the lame-duck session.

Among Republicans announcing their support were Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, George V. Voinovich of Ohio, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker of Tennessee, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, and Bob Bennett of Utah. All voted for cloture.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: bobbennett; congress; corker; disarmament; howiecarr; isakson; lamaralexander; lugar; murkowski; nationalsecurityfail; obama; rememberthenames; scottbrown; snowe; start; starttreaty; surrender; susancollins; thadcochran; ussenate; voinovich
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To: Innovative
It's clear that this treaty means "We have peace in our time."

Neville?

Neville? Where are you?

"They rejoiced with us that peace was preserved, and with us they look forward to further efforts to consolidate what has been done." <- I bet they do!

From Speech given in Defense of the Munich Agreement, 1938 Neville Chamberlain

101 posted on 12/21/2010 3:28:36 PM PST by Thom Pain (November 2, 2010, Step ONE. Repeal 17th, Step TWO.)
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To: Fishtalk
If the pubbies want to go home for Christmas more than they want to protect the USA and do not fear the wrath of the voters after the November elections, then we have a problem almost defies solution through the system. They are selling out the future of the country through START and DADT and plan on being on top of the remaining rubble of a country after the ultimate capitulation. If they are in a city vaporized by an Iranian nuke, well they miscalculated.
102 posted on 12/21/2010 3:32:25 PM PST by Truth29
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To: SaxxonWoods

Scott Brown for President! Wooo, Wooo!
Scott Brown for President! Wooo, Wooo!
Scott Brown for President! Wooo, Wooo!
Scott Brown for President! Wooo, Wooo!

All you who posted such nonsense remember that you did.


103 posted on 12/21/2010 4:00:36 PM PST by itsahoot (We the people, allowed Republican leadership to get us here, only God's Grace can get us out.)
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To: Thom Pain

What a bunch of worthless, addle-brained weasels we have passing as Republicans today! Is there any point to negotiating with the Russians? The only one that I can think of is that simpletons in the electorate THINK that you are working toward world peace. Bob


104 posted on 12/21/2010 4:02:17 PM PST by alstewartfan ("Radical penguins led you astray. They say that wings are so passe!" Al Stewart)
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To: Innovative

If ANYTHING happens to this Country involving the nuclear arsenals between America and Russia, it will be on the heads of those who supported this crap treaty.


105 posted on 12/21/2010 4:56:32 PM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: LeonardFMason

I was born in MA, don’t have to tell me.

I just think it’s funny how people acted like we really pulled one off when he got elected.


106 posted on 12/21/2010 5:06:54 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Gone Galt and loving it)
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To: TMA62

Well, if anything does happen and probably will at some point, I don’t think there will be enough people alive who will care or even understand what happened. The same people and same kind of people who ran the Soviet Union, also run Russia. That sums it all up and its clear the deviant ones in DC don’t care or seam to understand that they will also be going the way of the Dodo along with everyone else. I guess they think that by sum great magic or belief in themselves will negate the laws of physics and human nature.


107 posted on 12/21/2010 5:13:49 PM PST by DarkWaters ("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
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To: DarkWaters

sum = some


108 posted on 12/21/2010 5:15:31 PM PST by DarkWaters ("Deception is a state of mind --- and the mind of the state" --- James Jesus Angleton)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

109 posted on 12/21/2010 5:59:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SMM48

GOP 8 who voted for START phone numbers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2646113/posts


110 posted on 12/21/2010 6:17:50 PM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Feels like the 1970s and the useful idiots are back in charge.

I have to look up the address to write to Sen Brown’s campaign and ask for my money back.


111 posted on 12/21/2010 6:37:46 PM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Innovative

Some of the GOP Senators who voted yes on the Cloture vote, might not vote for the treaty.

At any rate, the fact that these things ALWAYS SEEM TO GET THOUGH WITH “JUST ENOUGH” VOTES makes it look VERRY suspicious.

Almost like there is some kind of collusion between the GOP and the Dems/Obama.


112 posted on 12/22/2010 1:27:08 PM PST by ZULU (No nation which tried to tolerate Islam escaped Islamization.)
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To: Steelfish

“These filthy traitors just insured an Obama re-election.”

Can you explain, in what way has this ensured obama’s reelection?


113 posted on 12/22/2010 7:43:07 PM PST by Heart of Georgia
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To: Heart of Georgia

Just watch his poll numbers go up among “moderate” Republicans and Independents.


114 posted on 12/22/2010 9:58:13 PM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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