The deal Congress refuses to ratify would remove or sharply reduce tariffs on most U.S. exports to Colombia.
Slovakia, one of the poorest members of the EU, is expected to ratify the EFSF.
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The Czech Republic, Ireland and Poland are the only member states yet to ratify the treaty.
Whether the Senate needs to ratify the pact will depend on what's in it, wrote Sen.
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In addition, Colombia has hired an army of lobbyists in an effort to ratify the agreement.
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On Sunday, the 28th of September, 2008, Ecuadorians voted to ratify the new constitution.
These include Mr. Obama's hopes for the Senate to ratify a nuclear-weapons treaty with Russia.
The Senate, indeed, had refused to ratify more than 60 treaties negotiated by the United States.
Now, the Cuban people are being asked to ratify an amendment agreed earlier in the week.
It would take four years to get the necessary number of states to ratify the amendment.
Now we have to ratify it and remain on the right side of history.
It still needs parliament to ratify emergency rule and guarantee soldiers' immunity from prosecution.
Recent opinion polls in Ireland suggest most people would vote to ratify the agreement.
For the constitution to come into effect, every one of the 25 countries has to ratify it.
This past week, President George Bush gave Congress ninety days to ratify the free-trade agreement with Colombia.
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What Japan should do from now on is to continue to urge the United States to ratify it.
This Forum in Dhaka is an opportunity to encourage wider efforts by all states to ratify the Convention.
However, it failed to ratify the customs union and its ports and airports remain closed to Cypriot traffic.
In 1788, the U.S. Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.
By offering investors some windfall profits, the firm hopes they will be more likely to ratify its plan.
Meanwhile, Mr Zelaya's aides insist that Congress is merely being asked to ratify a pre-existing commitment to reinstate him.
But Gettelfinger also knows what rank-and-file members are willing to ratify: Only 59% of Ford workers ratified the concessions.
In 1788, New York became the eleventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Slovakia was thrust into the center of Euro politics on Tuesday, as its Parliament sought to ratify the EFSF.
Changing the text is not possible, as that would force every other country to ratify the whole thing again.
Several states with key art markets, such as Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan and Belgium, are preparing to ratify it.
Only 12 countries are required to ratify it for it to become law - so that is not in doubt.
There is, however, a word of warning: the deal may require a referendum of the Swiss people to ratify it.
But a failure to ratify would mean that Ireland could not qualify for future support from the euro-zone bail-out fund.
In fact, the mayor had convened the council to ratify a secret airport deal he had negotiated with Gary, Indiana.
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