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To: gondramB
What about the people like Colorado Buckeye who are saying it wasn’t approved by 2/3 of the senate and cannot be a treaty?

See post #201 above for the NAFTA vote. You be the judge. Here is Article II, Section 2 of the The United States Constitution .

Article. II. - The Executive Branch Note


Section 2 - Civilian Power over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

574 posted on 09/12/2007 5:34:23 AM PDT by Colorado Buckeye (It's the culture stupid!)
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To: Colorado Buckeye
What puzzles me is that Republican politicians are on the ropes....and anticipating a possible knock out in the next election............so why do they insist on infuriating the base?

576 posted on 09/12/2007 5:46:44 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Colorado Buckeye
NAFTA is not a treaty, despite the MSM shorthand which betrays their ignorance of the concepts involved, it is a trade agreement.

Although the UN does not make the distinction, US law does.
And so the statements about 2/3rds Senate are moot.

639 posted on 09/12/2007 10:59:42 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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