Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he would vote against the arms control treaty with Russia. Drew Angerer/The New York TimesRepublicans Stiffen Opposition To Nuclear Treaty With Russia -- L.A. Times
They insist there are too many questions and too little time left in this Congress to OK the arms pact.
Reporting from Washington — Senate Republican leaders on Sunday took their most aggressive stance yet against a proposed arms-control treaty with Russia, casting new doubts over its chances of approval during the remaining days of the current Congress.
The top two GOP members of the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said they oppose ratification of New START treaty, which requires two-thirds of the Senate — 67 votes — to pass.
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