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To: jjotto
If Congress agrees it is an agreement, then treaty requirement of 2/3 Senate vote doesn’t apply.

No shi kidding, Sherlock? Tell me something I don't know or can't find out on my own.

U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 11—Political Affairs
11 FAM 723.2-1 Treaties
(CT:POL-44; 05-26-2006)
International agreements (regardless of their title, designation, or form) whose entry into force with respect to the United States takes place only after the Senate has given its advice and consent are “treaties.” The President, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senators present, may enter into an international agr eement on any subject genuinely of concern in foreign relations, so long as the agreement does not contravene the United States Constitution.

11 FAM 723.2-2 International Agreements Other Than Treaties
(CT:POL-48; 09-25-2006)
International agreements brought into force with respect to the United States on a constitutional basis other than with the advice and consent of the Senate are “international agreements other than treaties.” (The term “sole executive agreement” is appropri ately reserved for agreements made solely on the basis of the constitution al authority of the President.) There are three constitutional bases for in ternational agreements other than treaties as set forth below. An in ternational agreement may be concluded pursuant to one or more of these constitutional bases:

(1) Treaty;
(2) Legislation;
(3) Constitutional authority of the President.

You miss the forest for the trees.

You still haven't proven your assertion, to wit...Treaties do not require 2/3 anymore. The senate voted that power away this spring.
Can you even find a tree, much less a forest,or is distraction your only tool?

97 posted on 06/13/2015 7:11:49 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

You are simply lying about my “assertion”. Why?


98 posted on 06/13/2015 7:15:34 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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