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To: Erik Latranyi
...He [POTUS]shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;

Yes, Congress can amend it as much as they want

Which is why trade agreements are not implemented as treaties but as congressional-executive agreements.

The time for congressional input on the negotiation is before it's concluded, If Congress doesn't like the way the President acted on their input they can choose not to approve the agreement.

63 posted on 06/17/2015 12:54:55 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo
Which is why trade agreements are not implemented as treaties but as congressional-executive agreements.

Please cite the constitutional authority to create congressional-executive agreements.

77 posted on 06/18/2015 3:39:30 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Scott Walker - a more conservative governor than Ronald Reagan)
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