Obama sends ATT to senate again..

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Obama sends ATT to senate again..

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Guess he's taking one final shot before he's out of office.

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President Obama transmitted the controversial Arms Trade Treaty, which seeks to regulate the world’s annual exchange of $70 billion in conventional weaponry, to the Senate on Friday.
Now, with just a few days left at work doing the People’s business in Washington, Obama is making a final appeal to the lawmakers, holding that the declaration will not affect gun rights.

“It will contribute to international peace and security, will strengthen the legitimate international trade in conventional arms, and is fully consistent with rights of U.S. citizens (including those secured by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution),” he noted in his Dec. 9 message, going on to say the treaty will help eliminate the illicit trade in weaponry that can be used overseas in “to carry out the world’s worst crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.”

The president holds the treaty respects national sovereignty to deal with conventional arms inside their own borders and is “fully consistent with the domestic rights of U.S. citizens, including those guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.”
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Re: Obama sends ATT to senate again..

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Perhaps there are some Senators who know they aren't going to be around much longer (having lost their reelection bids) that are willing to support ATT now?
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