Corker Warns Obama Administration Against Any Action to Implement U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Without Senate Advice and Consent
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
WASHINGTON – Asserting the
Senate’s constitutional role on treaties, U.S. Senator Bob Corker,
R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, in a letter
today warned the Obama administration against taking any action to
implement the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty without Senate advice and
consent.
“The ATT raises significant legislative and constitutional
questions. Any act to implement this treaty, provisionally or
otherwise, before the Congress provides its advice and consent would be
fundamentally inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution, law, and
practice,” said Corker.Kerry signs UN arms treaty, senators threaten to block it
Posted on September 25, 2013
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