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To: CodeToad

To pass a treaty requires 67 senators.


50 posted on 11/15/2012 1:51:13 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

“To pass a treaty requires 67 senators.”

Nope. Nowhere does anything require 2/3, or 67 Senators, to ratify a treaty.

Article I. Section 5.

“...and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business;” <- That’s 51 Seneators.

A quorum of the Senate is a majority of Senators: 51.

Article II. Section 2.

“[President] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;” <- That’s 34 of those 51 Senators required for a quorum.


57 posted on 11/15/2012 2:11:02 PM PST by CodeToad (Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
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To: Slings and Arrows
To pass a treaty requires 67 senators.

Wrong. See post 96.

97 posted on 11/15/2012 5:39:53 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party: advancing indenture since 1787.)
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