Sea Treaty all but dead, 34 GOP senators oppose

[mandym]

A treaty governing the high seas is all but dead in the Senate as two Republican senators announced their opposition Monday, giving conservative foes the necessary votes to scuttle the pact.

Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire -- both mentioned as possible running mates for likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- said they had serious concerns about the breadth and ambiguity of the Law of the Sea treaty and would oppose it if called up for a vote.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ut-dead-34-gop-senators-oppose/#ixzz20qFCnyh6

 

[InTheLight]

Wait, you mean the U.S. is not a United Nations lapdog?

Scratch another page from the conspiracy theorist book of 'evidence'.

 

[freeatlast]

Pros and cons

Here are the pros and cons of this treaty.
http://www.renewamerica.com/images/columns/071108mitchell2.pdf

 

[LadyEagle]

Kudos to the GOP!! (Hey, there are a few positive things they do in an election year, lol)