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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Treaties and the President
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Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 09:33:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 09:33:45 1984
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> 
> Unless things have changed, Presidents don't ratify treaties.  I know he
> *could* try to muster support on the Hill, but there's very little enthusi-
> asm there, too.
> 
> 		kurt 

1)the Senate cannot ratify treaties negotiated by the executive branch
  that have not yet been presented for ratification.  For example, after
  Afghanistan Carter withdrew the SALT II treaty from the Senate.
  The President has this power.
  For this reason the Republican-controlled Senate voted by over 70 votes
  to request Reagan to submit the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and
  the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty for ratification. 
  With 70 votes in favor of submitting these treaties it is a certainty
  they would be passed when Reagan submitted them to the Senate.
  Yet Reagan has refused to submit these treaties for ratification.
  If he is seriously interested in arms control he could begin with this
  step which is very simple and guaranteed of success.
  I have yet to see him make this step.........
 
tim sevener whuxl!orb