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Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s aggressive new tariffs has spurred Congress into action, with a growing number of Republicans joining Democrats to express interest in using their power to restrain him.
After the GOP-led Senate delivered a rare rebuke to Trump on Wednesday by voting to undo his tariffs on Canada, lawmakers in both chambers are weighing additional steps to rein him in. Senators are eyeing other mechanisms to rescind Trump’s existing tariffs while limiting his ability to impose new ones. And Democrats in the House are exploring ways to force a vote to revoke Canadian tariffs, putting out feelers to attract support from Republicans.
It was literally “Four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine; Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky; and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined all 47 Democrats in supporting it.” Paul was the surprise, the other three were not. Not a really a rebuke.
The resolution, authored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is not expected to go anywhere in the House. Still, it represented a significant break in the party from Trump the day he announced a new set of sweeping tariffs, which the White House billed as “Liberation Day,” and after the president publicly pressured the four GOP senators on the issue.
“If these tariffs go into effect, it will be so harmful,” Collins said in a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the vote. “And as price hikes always do, they will hurt those the most who can afford them the least.”
Collins ticked through industry workers in Maine who would be particularly affected by a trade war, such as lobstermen, blueberry growers and potato farmers.
Should they not be supporting American workers first, and telling countries like Canada to remove their tariffs on imported American goods? Who are Democrats rooting for? Americans or foreigners? America or other nations?
I still maintain most of the tariffs could have waited while they negotiated with some countries, like Canada, Mexico, European, and some others. And it is an interesting notion to consider whether the president should have the authority to impose tariffs or this should be in the hands of Congress.
(NBC News) Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a Trump ally who is third in line to the presidency, introduced a bill with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Thursday that would reassert Congress’ authority and slap restrictions on the president’s power to levy tariffs.
The legislation, called the Trade Review Act of 2025, would require the president to notify Congress of new tariffs within 48 hours of imposition, while providing his reasons and an analysis of the impacts on American consumers and businesses. Then Congress would have 60 days to approve it. If it does not, the tariffs would expire after that period.
“For too long, Congress has delegated its clear authority to regulate interstate and foreign commerce to the executive branch,” Grassley said in a statement. “Building on my previous efforts as Finance Committee Chairman, I’m joining Senator Cantwell to introduce the bipartisan Trade Review Act of 2025 to reassert Congress’ constitutional role and ensure Congress has a voice in trade policy.”
But, unless Congress removes all tariff power from the Executive Branch they’ve still delegated authority.
And the question here is, if it passes, will Congress allow tariffs? You know most, if not all, of the Democrats will vote against trying to help American workers and businesses in favor of foreigners.
The reign in Speign steighs meignly in the pleign? That sleighs!!
A few GOP Senators defy the King!! Yawn… Senator Rafael Edward Cruz, who identifies as a ‘Ted’, called tariffs a tax on consumers!! Treason! Mr Trump claims it’s a tax on the exporting countries! China will be paying us to take their junk!! LOL. Suckers!
Yesterday Trump, taking America’s airpleign Air Force One to another golf outing at Doral*, one of Don’s courses, implied his tariffs were a bargaining chip but were also bringing in 6-7 trillion dollars!! Highest tariffs since 1909!!
Strangely, crude oil imports are NOT covered by the tariffs, LOL. Although the US is purportedly ‘energy independent’, we still import about 350,000 bbl/DAY from Saudi Arabia. We import some 6 MILLION bbl/DAY total (Canada and Mexico are our largest sources). US crude production is about 13.5 million bbl/DAY.
JP Morgan and Goldman-Sachs now put the recession risk at greater than 50%.
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* Trump National is hosting the LIV Golf Miami tournament, a Saudi-funded event. The Saudi’s are paying the Trumps!! Cool. BTW, Trump Golf used a US Marine helicopter to fly our Golf King to his course, Trump National (Doral). DOGE should investigate that.
The stock markets will get over the initial shock and will recover today!
Oops, djia futures are down about 3% so far. S&P, too. They’ll recover!
And even with 4000 federal employees shitcanned included, the overall jobs report was an astounding +228,000!!! Trump has yet to kill the Biden economy!!!
I agree with them. Putting tariffs on Canada was stupid for a single reason.
The right was planning to throw out the left in upcoming elections, and now, with the tariffs, Trump has given the left powerful ammunition to keep them in power.
Besides, what do they put tariffs on anyway? Targeted tariffs will work with Canada.
Mexico, Vietnam, and many other countries take in CHINESE goods and then forward them to the USA, bypassing tariffs in place on China while crushing jobs in the USA.
Tariffs will work, but not the way Trump is willy-nilly throwing them out on every country on the planet. King Donald will be impeached in 2026, and this Time, JD Vance will have to pardon Trump as he finds himself in Mar a Largo playing golf in shackles.
I’ve said it before. Trump is trying to get his ass impeached and he will succeed by getting the Right utterly destroyed in 2026. Losing both the House and the senate because he seems to be high on his poll numbers which will be in the 30’s at this rate.
AT least he closed the border until they find another commie judge to declare he can’t do that either.
Why on Allah’s green Earth did King Donald announce the tariffs on Thursday instead of Friday?!? The markets could have rested for the weekend and absorbed it.
That’s right, he had somewhere more important to be – he had a Saudi LIV golf tournament to host at Trump National Doral Miami. Golf touraments run Thursday to Sunday. Busy man.
Recall that in Feb 2025 King Donald met the heads of LIV (PIF)* and the PGA. The meetings were to negotiate a merger between the two international golf corporations.
Should the US President be conducting his private business while on duty? That’s rhetorical.
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*PIF is the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, aiming to diversify the Saudi economy and invest in both domestic and international projects.