[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 72 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H3203-H3204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING QUESTION OF 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I give notice of my intention to raise a 
question of the privileges of the House under rule IX of the rules of 
the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:

       Whereas the President's constitutional duty is to 
     faithfully execute the laws of the United States, and

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       Whereas, under the Constitution, treaties have the status 
     of ``supreme law of the land,'' equally with other laws, and
       Whereas, the President does not have the authority to 
     repeal laws, and
       Whereas, the President is not authorized to withdraw 
     unilaterally from treaties in general, and the Anti-Ballistic 
     Missile Treaty in particular, without the consent of 
     Congress, and
       Whereas, the President unilaterally withdrew the United 
     States of America from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 
     1972 without seeking or obtaining the consent of either house 
     of Congress;
       Therefore be it resolved,
       That the President should respect the Constitutional role 
     of Congress and seek the approval of Congress for the 
     withdrawal of the United States of America from the Anti-
     Ballistic Missile Treaty.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution that is offered 
from the floor by a Member other than the majority leader or minority 
leader as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate 
precedence only at a time designated by the Chair within two 
legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentleman from Ohio will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair does not at this point determine whether or not the 
resolution constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will 
be made at the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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