Democratic senators introduce bill to check Trump’s tariff authority

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5119377-trump-tariff-threat-coons-kaine-congress/amp/

41 comments

  1. And the Republicans will vote it down out of fear of daddy’s wrath.

  2. The Congressional GOP has been very quiet about the tariffs.

    If this bill ever comes up for vote, it will be a good chance to get them on the record.

  3. How about the D’s launching an impeachment THIS WEEK? 

    If it eventually fails because there’s not enough votes in the Senate, LAUNCH ANOTHER ONE.

    These are exceptional times. The D’s need to be relentless, because the R’s sure will be. 

  4. >Why won’t Dems do something!?

    *Dems do something. It’s blocked by the Republican Majority.*

    >Where are the Democrats??

    …

    Brought to you by the lack of Civics classes in American schools.

  5. I escalated my dissent about the tariffs to LinkedIn today. That was a big step because now my coworkers, customers, and managers can all see it. I can only hope they feel the same way. 

  8. ABOUT TIME WE SAW SOME RESISTANCE! This will fail, but I applaud the effort. Keep it up!

  9. Maybe the Democratic senators could stop voting for Trump’s cabinet picks and oppose them as a block. How about some unification.

  10. Damage is already done. USA can’t be trusted atm.

  11. Why don’t they stop it in the courts? Clearly a. Abuse of power

  12. Hammer the Republicans mercilessly on their hypocrisy and total disregard for average Americans cost of living and destroying bonds with traditional allies.

  13. Meanwhile Elon Musk is playing fast and loose with the entire US Treasury Dept.

  14. Mofo in here talking about WSJ took a bet, it’s a news outlet it should be unbiased

  15. They need to do a lot more than that. This administration is moving swiftly to not needing a Congress.

  16. Don’t threaten. Do it. This is one large constitutional crisis.

    Congress was always supposed to be the leader(s) of the land. Let’s make that happen again!

  18. Someone please create r/VoidThisContract to create a community discussion on how we fix this Constitution in America or seriously discuss how we can do anything to fix this situation we are in that our Founding Fathers didn’t foresee

  19. Emergency session of Congress is needed! Curtail trumps powers and proceeds to remove him from office.

  21. The existing tariffs law prevents trump from enacting these tariffs lol

    Good luck finding someone to enforce this

  22. Heyyyy someone actually doing something.

    Again, this is not likely to have a sweeping impact, but in a world where Democrats have no true power, little things like this start to add up and throw a wrench in the spokes of the wheel of fascism that has started to roll

  23. could not care less – unass yourselves and do something about Musk

  24. I’m probably missing something here but if this gets passed through both houses, would it not have to go to Trump to get signed into law? Is this more just symbolic/way to see where the GOP stands or could this actually be a thing?

  27. Musk is illegally trying to freeze federal grants. Why is Congress not acting?

  28. MAGA is so drunk on American exceptionalism propaganda that they think the US is invincible.

    Trump just opened up simultaneous trade wars with three of its biggest trading partners (Mexico, Canada, China)… and is threatening to open up a trade war with the EU, as well.

    It’s very doubtful the US can withstand that.

  30. democrats should be having secret meetings with the military, not writing bills they know will be dead on arrival

  31. Unless it’s a veto proof majority, and it won’t be… 🤷‍♂️

  32. I mean, they’re ready to confirm Vought and thus give away their power to appropriate funds.

    The GOP congress is giddily giving away its power to der Trumpenfuhrer.

  33. Fuck that! ARREST MUSK! We’re sooo screwed…fuck all of you who voted for this orange turd and these soon to be US oligarchs…WE NOW HAVE A FOREIGN NATIONAL CONTROLLING THE TREASURY PAYMENT SYSTEM!!!

  34. Ah nothing like a bill to solve a problem created by a lunatic authoritarian who controls all levels of government.

  37. Executive Orders are Unconstitutional on the basis they break checks and balance of power.

  38. Make it illegal to declare emergencies for no reason. They never will, but if they did the US would stop being such a banana republic overnight, by at least 30%.

  39. The constitution does this by saying
    “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;”
    But we are ignoring that now.

  41. They need a bill to check EOs. Create actions the violation of congressional and constitutional acts and amendments

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