Obama pushes for arms pact as top Dem upbeat

Sought President Barack Obama, Senators by phone Monday the return of an arms deal with Russia and called the duty of national security, and a member of the Senate Democratic senior admitted to "fighting from house to house" - WASHINGTON (AFP) will need to gain enough votes to dominate the Republican Party.

The President continues to call the members of the Senate as he pressed to approve the treaty before a new opportunity to end the conference, according to the deputy press secretary, Bill Burton.

The White House and Democratic leaders in the Senate finally trust that it will meet two-thirds vote in the Senate, the Constitution requires the ratification of the Treaty.

Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York, Democrats have already chosen to support the Republican Thad Cochran, Senator from Mississippi, an encouraging sign to advocates such as Cochran voted against moving ahead with the treaty last week. He said that the Democrats will have nine or 10 Republican votes to prevail.

Democrats are hoping to get 57 votes in the bench, with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-ore. Because of cancer surgery on Monday absent. Four Republican senators - Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and George Voinovich - who said that the treaty again.

"It will be a real swamp, home to a house if you want to fight," Schumer said ABC News "Good Morning America" on Monday. "But I think we will be there."

Obama wants to vote in the Senate before January, when five Republicans increase their numbers, reducing the prospects for a deal. To complicate Obama's efforts is the minority leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, who said she would oppose the treaty, and on Monday criticized a fierce bias.

"No Senator should be forced to take such decisions so that we can tick off another item on the list of people policy choice before the end of the year," said McConnell in the Senate.

After a few weeks, Obama describes himself as "Shellacking" on the midterm elections on November 2, and ratification of the treaty would be a series of victories over the political buck the White House. Congress approved President Bush's commitment of taxes and voted with Republicans on Saturday to cancel the ban on military service members openly gay.

In response to McConnell, a clearly frustrated Sen. John Kerry says that was postponed consideration of the treaty until after the elections at the request of Republicans.

"After absorbing their interests now go back and turn around and say," O ye of ugliness. I bring this treaty at the last minute, "said Kerry." I mean that there is no defect at all with regard to the arguments that are sometimes on the floor of the Senate in the United States. "

Despite opposition from McConnell was not a surprise, brook supporters of the Treaty, which asked how he would work hard to defeat the agreement. Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, and No. 2 Senate Republican, also said he could not support the Treaty in its current form.

The Senate passed the sixth day of debate on the Treaty on Monday, with a vote scheduled on Tuesday to move toward a final vote. Representatives discussed the two amendments - one that would increase the number of inspectors and others to increase restrictions on the dissemination and strategic nuclear delivery vehicles 700-720.

Obama signed and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the agreement - which is known as a new beginning - in April. And each country will reduce strategic nuclear warheads to 1550, under the current ceiling 2200. It will also establish a system of monitoring and verification. The United States ended a search for weapons in the last year with the entry into force of the Treaty of 1991.

Supporters say the treaty, including most of the military and foreign policy, referring to renew weapons inspections and the Charter will remain the two largest nuclear arsenals by cutting. Opponents argue that limiting missile defense and say that the existence of adequate procedures for the accession of Russia.

Several Republicans said Obama's speech to congressional leaders Saturday, vowing to move forward on missile defense, which held considerable influence.

"It's a concern for me," said Sen. Robert Bennett, a Republican from Utah, who pointed out that he was inclined to vote for the Treaty. Snow said it was "important for the president to be uncertain with regard to missile defense and modernization" of the remaining nuclear arsenal. He welcomed the statement Voinovich.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Obama's rival in the presidential elections in 2008, he was still after.