To: Cementjungle
You left out foreign treaties, which will now sail through the Senate.
33 posted on
11/22/2013 6:50:19 AM PST by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: SampleMan
You left out foreign treaties, which will now sail through the Senate. Don't treaties require a two thirds majority affirmation of the Senate to become binding upon the U.S., or did they abolish that section of the Constitution while I wasn't looking?
65 posted on
11/22/2013 8:35:21 AM PST by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: SampleMan
Treaties have always required a super-majority vote. I believe that is directly in the Constitution - not subject to Senate rules.
69 posted on
11/22/2013 8:58:09 AM PST by
Tandem
(What ever happened to personal responsibility & self-reliance?)
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