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9. It may make a legal difference, the rest is semantics

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 06:43 PM

Mar 2015

If the Senate doesn't get 2/3 rds voting for a treaty, then the treaty is dead

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So what happens if talks with Iran fail because of the letter the GOP wrote? [View all] LynneSin Mar 2015 OP

Any treaty with Iran has to be ratified by 2/3rds of the Senate Lurks Often Mar 2015 #1

It may make a legal difference, the rest is semantics Lurks Often Mar 2015 #9

Not a treaty philosslayer Mar 2015 #6

Then expect it to end up in front of SCOTUS Lurks Often Mar 2015 #11

Republicans and the entire RW echo chamber will ... 11 Bravo Mar 2015 #3

As usual they will blame Obama's weak foreign policy. n/t TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #4

Even one of my Senators Aerows Mar 2015 #7

the treaty is not with the US; it's with half a dozen or so countries magical thyme Mar 2015 #8

It's not like the Senate goppers don't have a precedent. lpbk2713 Mar 2015 #12

What are you talking about with soldiers and nuclear weapons? TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #13