From The Hill, constitutional checks and balances in action:
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved a critical first vote on the START arms-control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, setting up a final ratification vote likely after the November elections.
The committee voted 14-4 to approve the treaty, signed in April by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The pact will reduce missiles, warheads and launchers in both countries and would replace a previous agreement that expired in December.
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- Wikipedia: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
- Wikipedia: Start Treaty.
