Republicans plot assault on Trump's tariff agenda

[mia]

...The first stop for the congressional effort is the Senate Finance Committee, where Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, is considering legislation by senior Republicans that would curb the president’s power to impose tariffs on the grounds that imports were a national security threat.

Grassley feels that “Congress has designated too much authority to the president when it comes to tariffs,” Michael Zona, the committee’s communications director, said. Resolving this issue “is a priority” for Grassley, Zona said, but offered no timetable for action.

A year ago, Trump imposed tariffs on aluminum and steel products. The White House is now considering whether to impose tariffs on auto imports, triggering a fiery response from Rust Belt lawmakers.

“I don’t want to see more cars being made offshore, and that’s what I’m concerned will happen if those tariffs go into place,” Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, said....

https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article228244904.html

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1. Too late, they own this. They rubber stamped everything trump wanted, and after two year they are

now just realizing how its hurt their constituents?

[Freethinker65]

2. Could the Democrats negotiate a "trade" to support it?

Perhaps overriding Trump's wall veto? Protecting preexisting conditions and the hobbled ACA??

Something??