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To: Toddsterpatriot
NAFTA was passed by a majority in the House and Senate.

Do you happen to know how it passed in the senate? It doesn't matter if the house approved it or not. And for a treaty to be ratified, it has to pass a 2/3 vote in the senate.

Mark

41 posted on 12/24/2005 12:25:55 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: MarkL
Do you happen to know how it passed in the senate? It doesn't matter if the house approved it or not. And for a treaty to be ratified, it has to pass a 2/3 vote in the senate.

Congressional-Executive Agreements (US law)
Agreements with a foreign power that have been approved by the US Congress. Unlike a treaty (in the US constitutional sense), it does not supersede existing law and does not require a two-thirds vote by the Senate. Instead, it is enacted as an ordinary law which requires majority votes by both the House and Senate followed by approval from the President. (In contrast, a sole executive agreement is ratified by the President alone.)

43 posted on 12/24/2005 12:41:46 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (The Federal Reserve did not kill JFK. Greenspan was not on the grassy knoll.)
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