W.H.: Obama Doesn’t Need Congressional Approval to Enact Paris Agreement

‘Paris agreement is an executive agreement’

"That is a procedure that is quite well established in our existing legal system in the context of international agreements and international arrangements. There is a category of them that are treaties that require advise and consent from the Senate, but there's a broad category of executive agreements where executive can enter into these agreements without advise and consent."

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