We’re talking about Republican Senator’s possibley mounting an effort….
A bloc of Senate Republicans is readying legislation to halt Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, in the most provocative step yet taken to thwart the president on trade.
GOP leaders have spent this week urging Trump to reconsider his tariff plan, warning of a snowballing trade war that could choke off the economic benefits of the tax cuts they are touting on the campaign trail. While their efforts may have succeeded in narrowing the tariffs’ impact, Trump is pressing ahead — leaving Republicans pondering how to check the leader of their own party.
Senate Republicans discussed the matter in depth on Thursday, just hours before Trump announced he would go through with his crackdown on imported metals. And they are gearing up for an open clash with Trump over economic policy, with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) telling reporters that he will introduce legislation to block the tariffs.
“If it’s anything approximating what he’s talking about, introduce legislation to nullify it. I’m assuming I’m not going to be the only one doing that,” Flake told reporters before the plan was formally issued. “Nobody knows what it is, so we can’t do anything until we know what it is.”….
The answer to the above is ‘NO’….But there probaly WILL be legislation to narrow down the effects and scope of any tariff rom Trump
Senate GOP leadership is downplaying the chances of a showdown with President Trump over tariffs, predicting they’ll be able to work out their differences without legislation.
Republican lawmakers signaled on Monday that they believe the White House will ultimately narrow the financial penalties after initially only providing exceptions for Canada and Mexico.
Asked about legislation, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) predicted there would be a “back-and-forth” between congressional Republicans and Trump before the tariffs are implemented….
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No surprise here…
I mentioned a few weeks ago when Trumps announcement was greeted by some here as “proof” that he wasn’t “really” a Republican.
He is now narrowing the effect.
Anytime this guy says anything it’s always prudent to wait a week or so because you know the final product will only bear passing familiarity to the original blather and it will always turn out to be congenial to the standard Republican line.
Let’s see how PA 18 plays out later today.
Funny how Republicans completely abandoned the tax cut message in that district.
If the tariff stuff doesn’t help them here who knows where it will.
It DOES look like Lamb WILL pull this off if people come out and vote in good numbers….
And the whole district gets parcelled up come January …..