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

[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.