This START Treaty needs to be stopped. If the Heritage Foundation actually spends money to send out a blanket mailing on this...that sends off warning bells to me! They don't do that often. Actually - never since I've been a member. Something is amiss here....
Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown is not sure he can support renewal of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START. This agreement, originally signed in 1991 by Republican President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and ratified overwhelmingly by the U.S. Senate, is essential to our national security. It has fostered cooperation and dialogue between two major nuclear-armed powers and prevented the spread of devastating weapons to unstable nations.
START expired in December of 2009. In April of this year President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed New START. For the new treaty to take effect it must be ratified by the lower house of the Russian Parliament, the Duma, and the US Senate with at least 67 votes. This means that a portion of the Republican caucus will need to vote in the affirmative."
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