START Treaty Has Enough Votes for U.S. Ratification, Aide Says
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Backers of a new U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms treaty negotiated by President Barack Obama said they have the votes required for Senate ratification after two more Republican lawmakers announced their backing.
Mark Helmke, a spokesman for Indiana Senator Dick Lugar, the leading Republican supporter of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, said yesterday that enough senators are prepared to vote for the pact’s ratification. The treaty needs two-thirds support in the Senate to be approved.