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February 6, 1899: Treaty of Paris ratified
After heated debate, United States Congress approved the Treaty of Paris on February 6, 1899, by a two-thirds margin (57 to 27). The following day, President McKinley signed the treaty ...
PBS8y
January 1899: Senate Debate over Ratification of the Treaty of Paris
After the Treaty of Paris was signed in December 1899, the treaty required ratification by at least a two thirds majority of the U.S. Senate. The debate regarding the ratification of the treaty ...
The Only Known Letter Signed by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams Is Headed to Auction
A rare letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin has come to auction at Bonhams Skinner. The only ...
Trump planning to withdraw from Paris climate agreement
Donald Trump is preparing to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement when he returns to office in January. The ...
The American Conservative20d
Submit the Paris Treaty to the Senate
The so-called Paris “Treaty” has all sorts of grounds for complicated lawsuits to restrict America’s new found energy independence and growing massive natural-gas production. We need to get ...
National Review7y
The Paris Agreement Is a Treaty. Treat It as Such.
The first reason is straightforward: The Paris Agreement is a treaty. President Obama, aware that the accord would struggle to meet the two-thirds threshold required by the Constitution’s Treaty ...
Indiatimes3d
33 cities want Plant Based Treaty to be added to Paris Agreement
33 global cities, including Los Angeles and Amsterdam, have joined the call for a Plant Based Treaty, aiming to align food systems with the Paris Agreement. The treaty promotes plant-based ...
COP29: What is the Paris Agreement and how will countries be held to account in Baku?
The iconic international climate treaty - the Paris Agreement - includes a pledge to try and keep temperatures from rising by ...
Center for Biological Diversity1y
Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations End in Paris With “Zero Draft” Still to Come
PARIS— The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, or INC-2, ended today with a “zero draft” of a treaty expected before INC-3 and no sign from the U.S. of ...
Robb Report12d
The Only Known Letter Signed by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams Is Headed to Auction
A close-up of the signatures Bonhams While the United States had gained independence with the Treaty of Paris, it wasn’t ... just a few years earlier.) The signed letter is the only one ...