The Continuing Resolution would suspend the ability of Congress to put brakes on Trump's tariffs.

[Ms. Toad]

Namely, it extends the period during which Congress can terminate tariffs Trump imposed under National Emergency declaration.

Trump gets to impose them by declaring a national emergency at the borders (permitting him to control imports/exports), then any member of congress can introduce a joint resolution terminating the emergency - which MUST be voted on within 18 days.

Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks introduced a pair of resolutions on March 6 overturning the emergencies baked into Trump’s Canada and Mexico tariff orders. So the 18-day clock was ticking.

A provision in the CR overrides this limitation, by declaring that all the days between now and the end of the first year of this congressional session is a single day. So the ticking clock on a vote stops on the date the CR passes - because the rest of the session counts as a single day.

If the joint resolution to terminate the emergency declared on 2/1/2025 passes, the tariffs imposed by Trump under this emergency (and his ability to impose more) vanishes. I know it isn't likely to happen - and he has the ability to veto it. But this sneaky attempt to prevent a vote on ending the National Emergency might light a fire under some Democratic Senators.

Here's an article that explains it in more detail:

https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/house-quietly-ducks-trump-tariff

[JohnQFunk]

1. In other words, it is an Enabling Act

Call your senators. Tell them to say no! Demand a CR without enabling Trump.

[Ms. Toad]

3. I'm using it somewhat differently - since I have two Republican senators.

Here's what I'm sending them:

The Continuing Resolution passed by the House requires Congress to forfeit its right to terminate any National Emergency declared by President Trump, by declaring that every day remaining in this first session of the 119th Congress counts as a single day for purposes of the Congress's ability to terminate a National Emergency.

A joint resolution was introduced on March 6 to terminate the 2/1/2025 National Emergency - the emergency Trump is relying on to impose/withdraw/threaten/modify the tariffs on Mexico and Canada which have thrown the stock market into chaos. There is an 18-day window in which a vote must be held on the proposed termination. That 18-day clock will be meaningless if all the remaining days in this session of the 119th Congress are counted as a single day.

While you may not agree that this particular National Emergency should be terminated, I hope you will agree that it is important for Congress to maintain the ability to exercise the checks and balances that are the foundation of our three-branch form of government.

Please vote NO on cloture and on the continuing resolution.

The really interesting thing is that a first cousin once removed of mine posted the article on facebook. Her husband is one of the rabid MAGA idiots I've been calling out recently. Until now, I hadn't heard a peep from her - then this. Of course, I was suspicious - but it makes legal sense, and the source is left-leaning. I'd been trying to find a catch that wouldn't just get tossed in the left-wing-lunatic trash can, and this gave me one.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[intheflow]

4. Please, I beg you, Good People of DU - stop posting abbreviations!!

Is there anything so annoying as seeing random letters and trying to make sense of them? CR means... Consumer Reports? Costa Rica? Copyright? Credit Rating? Court Reporter?

I know now it means Continuing Resolution, but I had to click the link to find out what the heck this was about. Why? Etiquette says you write it out the first time and put initials in parenthesis after it, then you can refer to it as CR and get your point across. As it stands, I actually have no idea what your post was about because I had to research what the heck CR meant.

Why would you do this? We talk about Democrats not being able to message... I give you Exhibit A.

[Ms. Toad]

5. Thanks

I'll fix in a few minutes

[intheflow]

7. My hero(ine)!

[orleans]

6. i have to look up abbreviations all too often

apparently i'm not as cool & hip as i used to be

(not by a long shot!)

[Ms. Toad]

8. This one was in the news a lot in the last 2 days -

And I was trying to give the title enough information to make is click-worthy. I didn't think it would fit if I spelled it out. Now it's spelled out. And I didn't even have to shorted it