Does Secretary Chu think the Senate will pre-ratify an international treaty?

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) With barely a month left for the start of the climate change conference at Copenhagen, the United States Friday indicated that it will not initial any treaty there, until it gets approval from the Senate. “We do not want to repeat the historical mistake,” US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said, referring to the fate of the Kyoto Protocol. The US is the only country which has signed it, but not ratified it.
Chu was speaking at an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology where he asserted that the US administration was “pushing” for a bill on energy efficiency in the Senate. If approved, it will pave the way for his country signing a protocol at the climate summit at Copenhagen next month. The conference will be held Dec 7-18.