XXXX Voted for a Civilian Nuclear Agreement with India. In October 2008, XXXX voted for a civilian nuclear agreement with India. Supporters, including leaders of both parties, said the deal would cement ties between the two countries. The agreement would allow nuclear trade between the two countries and bring India’s civilian, but not military, reactors under international oversight. The deal is important because, as a country that has tested nuclear weapons but not signed on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; India has been gradually excluded from the global nuclear industry since first testing in 1974. The bill would allow lawmakers to block, by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval, any subsequent agreement with India on reprocessing nuclear fuel. It also would require that agreements on nuclear safeguards between the International Atomic Energy Agency and India come into force before the U.S.-India deal goes into effect. [CQ Today, 10/01/08; Vote 211, 10/01/08] XXXX Voted To Expand NATO To Accept Seven Eastern European Countries. In 2003, XXXX voted to expand NATO to take in seven formerly-communist Eastern European nations. The vote was on a resolution of ratification of the NATO Expansion Treaty (Treaty Doc. 108-4), which would allow the admission of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. [Vote 142, 5/8/03] XXXX Voted No On Requiring that The President Give Senate 60 Days’ Notice Before Altering Moscow Treaty. In March 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment requiring the president to notify the Senate of extending or withdrawing from the Moscow Treaty at least 60 days before doing so. [Vote 41, 3/6/03] XXXX Voted Against Requiring Annual Reports On Russian Demilitarization. In March 2006, XXXX voted against requiring an annual report from intelligence agencies on U.S. abilities to monitor Russian demilitarization programs. The vote was on an amendment to add language to the resolution of ratification of the Moscow Treaty. Sen. Kerry called the treaty "as flimsy a treaty as the United States Senate ever considered" and "little more than a series of missed opportunities." [Vote 42, 3/6/03; AP, 3/7/03] XXXX Voted To Adopt Moscow Treaty, Requiring Reduction Of Nuclear Stockpiles By U.S. And Russia. In March 2003, XXXX voted to adopt the resolution of ratification of the Moscow Treaty (Treaty Doc. 107-8), which would require the United States and Russia each to reduce its nuclear stockpiles to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads by 2012. Democrats raised concerns that treaty would do little to strengthen U.S. security because it allows the weapons to be stored instead of destroyed and that the treaty had no timetable for reducing weapons before the 2012 deadline. Democrats also said the treaty lacks verification procedures and makes it too easy for either side to withdraw. [Vote 43, 3/6/03; AP, 3/7/03] XXXX Voted Against a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. In 1999, XXXX cast a crucial vote against the adoption of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which was a treaty to ban nuclear weapons testing six months after the pact is ratified by the 44 nations that have either nuclear power plants or nuclear research reactors. [Vote 325, 10/13/99] CONFIRMATIONS XXXX Voted to Confirm Condoleezza Rice. In 2005, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush's nomination of Condoleezza Rice of California to be Secretary of State. [Vote 2, 1/26/05] XXXX Twice Voted to Support John Bolton’s Nomination to be Ambassador to the UN. In 2005, XXXX voted on two separate occasions to end debate on John Bolton’s nomination to be US Ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton’s nomination was delayed because the Bush Administration refused to turn over “documents related to Bolton's handling of classified information and his role in preparing congressional testimony about Syria in 2003.” [Vote 129, 5/26/05; Vote 142, 6/20/05; Washington Post, 5/27/05]  Bolton Has Said “There Is No Such Thing As The United Nations.” In 1994, Bolton said that "there is no such thing as the United Nations." "If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.” [CNN, 3/8/05] 135