Posted on 11/30/2010 2:13:39 PM PST by tobyhill
Republicans reluctant to quickly ratify a nuclear weapons deal with Russia said Tuesday the Obama administration had addressed some of their concerns, raising the prospect for Senate approval of the landmark treaty.
President Barack Obama has insisted that completion of the treaty is a national security imperative and he argued for the pact at a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday. Republicans, led by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., have rejected the president's contention that the treaty must be dealt with during Congress' lame-duck session, arguing that the Senate has more pressing business and several issues on the nuclear deal remain unresolved.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday that administration officials responded late Monday night to several matters raised by Kyl and himself about modernization of the remaining nuclear arsenal and sufficient funds for safeguarding the stockpile.
"I thought they did a good job. I think it's continuing to evolve in a good way as it relates to modernization," Corker said in an interview. He later added, "Could we finish? I think it's possible that we could."
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Put a Cork in in it Corker! That treaty should not see the light of day. It should be DOA.
Kinda like he had taken with them prior to his party's drubbing a month ago.
Remember "I won", guys?
More of this “Play nice and screw America” crap.
The a$$wipe$ in Congress learned nothing from November 2.
Ahhh life in the DC bubble. Obliviousness is bliss.
RINOS MUST BE PURGED.
Geez, here we go again. Same old, same, old, appease, collaborate, kiss up to, cave in, give up, get screwed, get bamboozled, turn into wimps, no gumption, no fight back, just the same old, same old,.... Geez, off to a great start Pubs, bunch of patsies.
Anyone that expected otherwise is living in some kind of dream world.
The GOP has one, and only one, ideology: Talk conservative principles but always adhere to the "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory" concept and assume the "bend over and spread'em" posture.
Likewise with Isackson on how much will be spent at Savannah River Natl Labs.
Pubbies always want to negotiate what kind of personal lubricant will be used the next time they are raped. That DEMON PASS really hurts. OUCH. Instead, maybe they should start demanding that they not be raped. What an idea!
Piss in our time.
Yes, we are going to have to take control from the school boards, to the committees, to the nominations. Ground up.
We are tens of TRILLIONS of dollars in debt. We have 10 percent or higher actual unemployment with an additional 10-20 percent under employment. Gas cost is rising heating cost is rising and food prices are rising and this MORON Obama thinks this treay is the most important thing our Government needs to be working on?
The START treaty is crap and the too-quick gestures to approve it now being made by congressional and senate Republicans in some idiotic effort to look ‘cooperative’ with Obama is very discouraging but hardly a shock. Once again, Lucy pulls out the football but we expected it to be different, this time. Yeah, right.
Yes, Corker must go!!
And to the other GOP senators: Do not play politics with national security!!
John Kyl and Bob Corker damn well better not bend to Hussein.
This treaty is crap. Giving the Russians an advantage in Europe is stupid.
Get with it, Republicans.
I also heard somewhere today that Republicans were going to try and give Hussein the treaty in exchange for tax cut extensions. What frickin’ idiocy.
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