article_snippet.sent: But there is also a history of Congress causing significant trouble for important international treaties.
article_snippet.sent: Sen. Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming, one of President Ronald Reagan's closest allies, said: "The Soviets have broken most every treaty "The Soviets have ever signed.
article_snippet.sent: In a hearing on the treaty, Secretary of State George Shultz attacked North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms, who had accused President Ronald Reagan of "confusion, misstatements and ... even misrepresentation.
article_snippet.sent: Helms, one of the few to vote against the treaty, admitted Helms, one of the few to vote against the treaty were "licked.
highlights_snippet.sent: There's a history of Congress causing trouble for major international treaties, Julian Zelizer says .