Tauscher: Quick U.S. Senate Nod for START Unlikely
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by William Matthews
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama would like the new nuclear arms reduction treaty to be ratified by the Senate this summer, but a senior State Department official conceded June 9 that seems increasingly unlikely.
Rounding up the 60 votes needed to pass anything has proven extremely difficult in the polarized Senate. And the treaty needs 67 votes for ratification, said Ellen Tauscher, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.
Tauscher said she would be “very, very happy” if the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) is ratified by year's end.
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