Republicans block nuclear weapons treaty with Russia - Too busy to vote

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sc-dc-1117-new-start-20101116,0,4785202.story

By Paul Richter and Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau

5:19 p.m. CST, November 16, 2010

WASHINGTON – The Republican point man on nuclear arms issues said Tuesday he would not support a quick Senate vote on the New Start treaty with Russia, dealing a major blow to the Obama administration's hopes for the weapons agreement and potentially its improved relations with Moscow.

Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona said that, despite aggressive administration lobbying to win GOP support for a quick vote, there is too little time in the Senate lame duck session to weigh the complicated issues covered in the treaty. The treaty text was released to the Senate at the end of April, a few weeks after it was signed in Prague by President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

But Kyl said he told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that he did not think the treaty could be brought to a vote "given the combination of other work Congress must do and the complex and unresolved issues related to Start and modernization" of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex.

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1. WHAT!! They are endangering our lives for political gain. Sick and criminal!