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Introduction
Before the INF Treaty can take effect, it must receive the Senate's blessing. The procedure by which the Senate confers or withholds its “advice and consent” is a product of 200 years of controversy, precedent and Supreme Court rulings.
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“Now that the treaty has been signed, it will be submitted to the Senate for the next step, the ratification process….I am confident that the Senate will now act in an expeditious way to fulfill its duty under our Constitution.”
On this hopeful note, President Reagan relinquished the long-awaited intermediate-range nuclear-forces (INF) treaty to the U.S. Senate for its “advice and consent.” The agreement, signed Dec. 8 by Reagan and Soviet leader Milkhail S. Gorbachev during their Washington summit, had been six years in the making. If it is ratified, the INF treaty—the first arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union in 15 years—will eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons. |
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| Constitution and Separation of Powers |
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Sep. 07, 2012 |
Re-examining the Constitution |
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Jan. 29, 1988 |
Treaty Ratification |
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Mar. 27, 1987 |
Bicentennial of the Constitution |
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Jan. 31, 1986 |
Constitution Debate Renewed |
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Mar. 16, 1979 |
Calls for Constitutional Conventions |
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Jul. 04, 1976 |
Appraising the American Revolution |
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Sep. 12, 1973 |
Separation of Powers |
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Jul. 12, 1972 |
Treaty Ratification |
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Apr. 19, 1967 |
Foreign Policy Making and the Congress |
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Mar. 05, 1947 |
Contempt of Congress |
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May 10, 1945 |
The Tariff Power |
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Jul. 01, 1943 |
Executive Agreements |
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Jun. 01, 1943 |
Advice and Consent of the Senate |
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May 24, 1943 |
Modernization of Congress |
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Jan. 18, 1943 |
The Treaty Power |
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Aug. 24, 1942 |
Congress and the Conduct of War |
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May 09, 1940 |
Congressional Powers of Inquiry |
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Nov. 09, 1939 |
Participation by Congress in Control of Foreign Policy |
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Apr. 21, 1937 |
Revision of the Constitution |
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Feb. 24, 1936 |
Advance Opinions on Constitutional Questions |
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Oct. 04, 1935 |
Federal Powers Under the Commerce Clause |
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Jun. 19, 1935 |
The President, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court |
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Sep. 10, 1928 |
The Senate and the Multilateral Treaty |
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Dec. 16, 1926 |
The Senate's Power of Investigation |
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Oct. 03, 1924 |
Pending Proposals to Amend the Constitution |
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