House Repubs decide a day should last the rest of the year.

[berg80]

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote​

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote

House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.

www.nytimes.com

House Repubs are too afraid to save the country from impending economic calamity because it goes against trump's favorite policy tool, tariffs. Yesterday's bizarre maneuver should be front and center during the next election cycle.

 

[martybegan]

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote​

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote

House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.

www.nytimes.com

House Repubs are too afraid to save the country from impending economic calamity because it goes against trump's favorite policy tool, tariffs. Yesterday's bizarre maneuver should be front and center during the next election cycle.

The House has been able to define time with regards to its proceedings since its founding.

Or maybe they agree with Trump's attempts to fix out trade issues.

 

[Meister]

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote​

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote

House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.

www.nytimes.com

House Repubs are too afraid to save the country from impending economic calamity because it goes against trump's favorite policy tool, tariffs. Yesterday's bizarre maneuver should be front and center during the next election cycle.

Well, we are 37 trillion dollars in debt doing it the old fashion way.
Time to change lanes and see if that will work.

 

[Independent thinker]

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote​

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote

House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.

www.nytimes.com

House Repubs are too afraid to save the country from impending economic calamity because it goes against trump's favorite policy tool, tariffs. Yesterday's bizarre maneuver should be front and center during the next election cycle.

Ummmmmmmmmmm, Trump put on a buch of tariffs in his first term and it wasn't an economic disaster.

 

[Leo123]

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote​

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote

House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.

www.nytimes.com

House Repubs are too afraid to save the country from impending economic calamity because it goes against trump's favorite policy tool, tariffs. Yesterday's bizarre maneuver should be front and center during the next election cycle.

Just another fake news story which is why the NYT is circling the drain.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The tariffs are reciprocal. Why is it so important to democrats that we pay every other country tariffs?

 

[Marener]

Well, we are 37 trillion dollars in debt doing it the old fashion way.
Time to change lanes and see if that will work.

Let's throw gas on the fire and see if that will work?

 

[Meister]

Let's throw gas on the fire and see if that will work?

Too late, your ilk already threw gas on the fire, remember?

 

[berg80]

Senate passes measure to revoke new Canada tariffs as four Republicans break with Trump​

WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Republicans delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, helping to pass a resolution to block his tariffs on Canadian products as he escalated his broader trade war.

The Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a Democratic-led measure to revoke Trump’s Canadian tariffs. 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.

Senate passes measure to revoke new Canada tariffs as four Republicans break with Trump

The Senate voted 51-48 in favor of the Democratic-led resolution as Trump rolled out a sweeping tariff plan. It is unlikely to go anywhere in the House.

www.nbcnews.com

That's the template for blocking the tariff madness. For Congress to strip Dotard's power to make unilateral declarations on tariffs. But religious zealot Mike Johnson put a poison pill in place to prevent the House from blocking trump's destruction of the economy. See post #1.

 

[berg80]

Too late, your ilk already threw gas on the fire, remember?

Speaking of throwing gas on the fire.........

• Trump administration officials insist that the sweeping tariffs are not a negotiation tactic, and that Trump “is not going to back off.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-live-updates-stock-market-trade-war.html

 

[Meister]

Speaking of throwing gas on the fire.........

• Trump administration officials insist that the sweeping tariffs are not a negotiation tactic, and that Trump “is not going to back off.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-live-updates-stock-market-trade-war.html

Trump says something different, you going to believe a name, or no names?

 

[elektra]

House Repubs are too afraid to save the country from impending economic calamity because it ...

The country already suffered a great economic calamity. The Democrats and the deep state.

You admit we are at the mercy of rest of the world. That whenever they want they can destroy us through trade.

 

[Dragonlady]

Well, we are 37 trillion dollars in debt doing it the old fashion way.
Time to change lanes and see if that will work.

The national debt has nothing to do with your trade deficits.

 

[Meister]

The national debt has nothing to do with your trade deficits.

There are several layers to the debt, and giving money away with tariffs is one of them

 

[Dragonlady]

There are several layers to the debt, and giving money away with tariffs is one of them

The USA government doesn’t pay tariffs. The government is neither importing nor exporting finished goods. And if it did, it would exempt itself from tariffs.

Tariffs are paid by those buying imported goods for raw materials or resale, and passed along to the consumers who buy those imported goods, or goods using imported materials.

Nothing to do with the US budget deficit or the national debt. That’s all taxes paid to the government and government spending.

When Walmart buys a boatload of clothing, small appliances and electronics from China, Walmart pays the tariffs and raises prices to consumers. These are private commercial transactions. Nothing to do with government spending.