Dick Lugar: “Under the constitution, any decision placing us as a party to armed conflict in Syria rests with the Congress.”

It seems to me to be really a safety net there.

Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.

Congress could condition funding to develop new missiles on receipt from the administration of a comprehensive military, economic, and diplomatic strategy to bring Russia back into compliance with the treaty.

In the likely event the INF Treaty collapses in August, the only remaining bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control agreement would be New START, which expires in 2021 but can be extended by up to five years through agreement by both parties.