DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton just confirmed that the Senator will no longer insist on a reading of the treaty on the Senate floor, but claimed DeMint won this standoff, because the debate has been postponed:
“Senator DeMint opposes ramming the controversial START Treaty in the lame duck session. After Senator DeMint asked for the entire treaty to be read aloud to slow down the process, Senator Reid relented and agreed to delay the debate until tomorrow.”
Reid and other Dems had sharply criticized DeMint for his demand. On the Senate floor, Reid derided DeMint’s earlier claim that it’s “sacreligious” to work through the Christmas holiday as”deeply offensive to me and millions of working Americans across this country.”
Full Story: The Plum Line – Jim DeMint’s office: Reading full START treaty is a delaying “tool”