"Dude...you're doing it all wrong"
Posted on 06/11/2013 12:18:58 PM PDT by yoe
The White House signaled Monday that President Obama will delay signing a controversial arms trade treaty until after Congress leaves for summer recess.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president aims to sign the pact “before the end of August.” Obama could have signed it as early as Monday.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) opposes the treaty, and the delay would allow Obama to sign the pact during the August doldrums, with Congress out of town.
That time frame appears to validate the concerns of treaty advocates who had worried the administration would wait until the cover of darkness to sign a treaty opposed by a majority of senators.
“I think there’s a lot of political hand-wringing going on,” said Rachel Stohl, a senior associate with the Stimson Center think tank, which supports the treaty. “They know people are going to be paying attention to this particular issue on this particular day.”
The treaty covers small arms and calls on states to keep records on "end users, as appropriate."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
That means he will sign it in secret.
If someone runs as a republican they’re going to act like a republican once they get elected.
“PRESENT...”
Ah ha ha ha!
The timing is specific to a set of new threats. Global and stateside. The posturing of supposed leaks, is the prelude. Get safe, the hellstorm is here. May the breath of God, be upon our shoulders
Got a thick letter from him yesterday. Went straight into the recycling bin unopened. Probably some stupid GOP fundraiser "survey" wanting to know such things as, "Are you in favor of the Constitution or opposed?"
"That’s because the Constitution says that it takes 2/3 of those PRESENT in the Senate to ratify a treaty."If a communist bear takes a dump in the woods and no one hears him, does it really make a sound?
With Dirty Harry, I'm sure they will consider it "deemed passed" - just like ObamaCare took over 1/6 of our economy, but more importantly, life and death of EVERY citizen.
After passing this next usurpation, we'll read and weep!
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