DUDE, you're getting a START Treaty too!!!

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The WH should try to save some of this good news for next year?

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The significant part of that statement from Brown is that he will vote for cloture, freeing up other Republicans to allow the bill to move forward. While it appears that there are plenty of Republicans willing to vote for final passage, getting past the cloture vote and to the final vote could still theoretically be a barrier. Brown's statement makes that less likely. The GOP Senators, in addition to Brown, who are likely to support ratification are Isakson, Gregg, Voinovich, Corker, Cochran, Bennett, Snowe, Collins, and Lugar. Various combinations of those Republicans (in addition to Alexander and Murkowski) voted with Democrats today to vote down a series of Republican amendments to the treaty, which is good news for ratification.

In other good news, Sen. Ron Wyden is recovering from successful surgery for prostate cancer, and should be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. If the vote on ratification moves forward as now anticipated on Wednesday, his presence likely wouldn't be necessary--ratification requires a two-thirds majority of those Senators voting, not of the full Senate

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/134551-gop-senators-concede-start-will-win-enough-votes-to-pass-handing-victory-to-obama