Senator Inhofe Smacks Down Obama’s Paris Climate Summit Pledges

For die-hard global warming militants, there are few villains in the rogue's gallery of "deniers" more hated than U.S. Senator James Inhofe (shown). As chairman of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, a committee he has served on since coming to the Senate in 1994, the Oklahoma Republican has long been recognized as their leading nemesis in Congress.

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Senate Votes to Stop US From Joining UN Arms Trade Treaty

Patriot Update - In the last batch of amendment votes to the budget, the Senate voted on several foreign policy proposals. ✧ Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced an amendment that would prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty in order to uphold the Second Amendment. His amendment passed on a 53-46 vote. ✧ Republicans have been critical of President Obama’s decision to consider the treaty, although Obama has said he would not vote for anything that would violate the Second Amendment. ✧ The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty would regulate international arms sales. Negotiations end on March 28.

Note: Oregon's U.S. Senators, Merkeley and Wyden, voted against the amendment. Read More......