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1. Obama's Weakness On Treaties

Author

Bellinger, III, John B.

Subjects
United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Treaties -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disability rights -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Comprehensive and Integral Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, 2006
Abstract

Washington ON Dec. 4, the Senate rejected the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by a vote of 61 to 38, five short of the two-thirds [...]

Published
2012

2. Ratify the treaty

Subjects
Government regulation, Foreign policy -- Military aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Nuclear arms control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- International aspects -- Military aspects, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Treaty on the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, 2010, United States-Russia
Abstract

The New Start treaty, the first arms control agreement signed with the Russians in nearly a decade, calls for modest nuclear reductions, from 2,200 deployed warheads to 1,550. It will [...]

Published
2010

3. Bill in Senate Spurs Debate Over Easing Ban on Cuba

Author

Thompson, Ginger

Subjects
Government regulation, International trade, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Foreign policy -- Interpretation and construction -- Laws, regulations and rules, International trade -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The $410 billion spending bill working its way through Congress this week has become an unlikely platform for debate about United States policy toward Cuba. The bill, which will come […]

Published
2009

4. SENATE CONFIRMS U.N. APPOINTMENT AFTER 14 MONTHS

Author

Shenon, Philip

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Department of State -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Ambassadors -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The Senate voted today to confirm Richard C. Holbrooke as chief American delegate to the United Nations, ending a 14-month nomination battle that left the Clinton Administration without a high-profile […]

Published
1999

5. U.S. Urges Russia to End Production of Nerve Gas

Author

Krauss, Clifford

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Natural gas -- Laws, regulations and rules, Chemical weapons -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

As it fights to persuade the Senate to approve a treaty banning chemical weapons, officials said today, the Clinton Administration has asked Moscow to stop producing a lethal nerve gas […]

Published
1997

6. HOUSE VOTES SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA

Author

Fuerbringer, Jonathan

Subjects
Government regulation, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Political activity, International economic relations -- Political aspects, International economic relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Political aspects, Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved today a series of economic sanctions against South Africa. The vote was 295 to 127. The vote on the bill, and approval of a [...]

Published
1985

7. Washington Watch; A New Twist For Trade Law

Author

Nash, Nathaniel C.

Subjects
Government regulation, International trade, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, International trade -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

AS the Senate moves this week toward a vote on economic sanctions against South Africa, it is likely to give new muscle to an unfair-trade law that has become the […]

Published
1986

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