Issue: Foreign Relations

Principles supporting position:

Basis for federal government role in the issue:


Constitution: Art. II, Sec. 2: “President...shall have Power, by and with Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties … appoint Ambassadors …”; Art. I, Sec. 8: “Congress shall have Power...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations…”.

Principle Based Position

 

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