U.N. women's rights treaty will go to full Senate

www.washtimes.com ^ | Aug 1, 2002 | Sean Salai

[It'salmosttolate]

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted yesterday to send a U.N. treaty on women's rights to the floor, marking the second time the full chamber will consider its ratification since President Carter signed the treaty in 1980.

Top Stories "It is long past time for the Senate to act," said committee Chairman Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat, of the 12-7 party-line vote favoring the long-dormant Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

[LiteKeeper]

CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW! This cannot be allowed to go through!

[goldstategop]

Yup! This is the Rats owing NOW and the feminazi agenda a political favor. It has nothing to do with women's rights. Make no mistake: the real aim of this treaty is impose the fiat of international bureaucrats upon our domestic policy and forcing this country to commit to pro abortion and radical feminazi social policy directives whether its wants to or not. The CEDAW being considered by the U.S Senate must be voted down and voted down pronto!!!

[Still Thinking]

Sen. Barbara Boxer, who voted for the treaty, joined Democrats in responding that the convention committee "has no enforcement power whatsoever" and can only make recommendations.

That statement smells bad to me. There's nothing to stop the committee from "making recommendations" even if the treaty is not ratified.

[goldstategop]

Then why do we need a committee? Is Babs Boxer saying women don't have equality in the USA? And here she, a woman sits in the U.S Senate. LMAO!!!

[Free the USA]

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[Free the USA]

CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW!

With two communist Feminazis infesting Senate seats for my State, all of the calls and complaints from constituents will be ignored.

[agrace]

If passed, can't Bush just veto it? He certainly got us out of the Intl Crimes Court with ease.

[goldstategop]

Nope. A treaty is self executing and does not require the President's signature. It does require two thirds of the Senate to concur before its ratified and becomes along with the Constitution itself, the supreme law of the land.

[agrace]

Thanks for the info. Doesn't that seem a little unilateral? Seems scary, especially dealing with international issues. And any idea why treaty passage is set up this way? Does it completely bypass the executive branch? If not, what input does the Pres have? Does any other legislation get the same treatment, or are treaties an anomoly? Don't mean to bombard you with questions, anyone can jump in. :)

[goldstategop]

Its in the Constitution. The President can submit a treaty for ratification and he can exchange instruments of ratification with the other party after the treaty's gotten through the Senate. Besides that the House has a limited role to play in appropriating money for certain treaty obligations and of course the executive branch enforces a treaty just like regular laws and the courts interpret them in keeping with the Constitution.

[afuturegovernor]

If passed, can't Bush just veto it? He certainly got us out of the Intl Crimes Court with ease.

"If voted on by the full Senate before the end of the legislative session, a two-thirds majority is required to send the treaty to President Bush for final approval."

Yeah. This thing will never get 67 votes and a presidential signature.

[afuturegovernor]

If you don't mind, look at my post #12, with the quote from the article. I though it was saying it needed the president's approval. I could be wrong. Btw, I always enjoy your posts.

[Still Thinking]

Then why do we need a committee?

I'm not suggesting that we do. I was pointing out that Boxer's actions seemed to be unjustifiable given her stated beliefs about the treaty, and that made me suspicious of a hidden agenda.

[LiteKeeper]

Your response is the equivalent of surrender. Call, and call, and call...technically, ours is "representative" form of government. DON'T GIVE UP!

[Free the USA]

I find the best thing for me to do is show up at a few local meetings and see if I can embarrass the senators by asking questions they can't answer. May be if enough voters see them for what they are we can elect an alternative.