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If they voted for Republicans, they did in fact vote for this. It doesn’t need to be like this, congress and specifically the Republican majority which control

If they voted for Republicans, they did in fact vote for this. It doesn’t need to be like this, congress and specifically the Republican majority which controls it can act to reclaim the power of tariffs from the president _at any time_. All of this chaos is specifically because they have chosen to be complicit instead of opposing the president. If you want the madness to stop, call your representatives. Speak to your family and ask them to do the same.

jauntywundrkind 2y ago
> congress and specifically the Republican majority which controls it can act to reclaim the power of tariffs from the president _at any time_. After overriding a veto, which Trump has already stated he'll use, to block Congress taking back the power of tariffs: https://bsky.app/profile/sahilkapur.bsky.social/post/3lmak2whjgk2s https://bsky.app/profile/sahilkapur.bsky.social/post/3lmak2w...
- Jtsummers 2y ago
  If it passes under a Republican Congress and it's a simple bill (primarily revoking presidential emergency tariff authority), then it'll probably have enough bipartisan support in the Senate, but maybe not House, to be veto proof.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  Democrats need about 4 GOP senators to get the bill passed. Theyll need 19 or 20 to get the inevitable veto override. I guess we'll see how these events have shaken congress and if thars enough to take trumps toys away.
Pxtl 2y ago
Also note that they could also impeach Trump at any time. The sort of crimes that justify impeachment are pretty easily demonstrable at this point so all they need are the votes. They'll have just under half in the House and Senate from the Democrats, so they only need a handful of Rs in the House and (the hard part) a bit over 1/3rd of the Rs in the Senate. So if they can find like 20 R senators who realize that they no longer support a Mad King, they're all set.

jauntywundrkind 2y ago

> congress and specifically the Republican majority which controls it can act to reclaim the power of tariffs from the president _at any time_. After overriding a veto, which Trump has already stated he'll use, to block Congress taking back the power of tariffs: https://bsky.app/profile/sahilkapur.bsky.social/post/3lmak2whjgk2s https://bsky.app/profile/sahilkapur.bsky.social/post/3lmak2w...

Jtsummers 2y ago
If it passes under a Republican Congress and it's a simple bill (primarily revoking presidential emergency tariff authority), then it'll probably have enough bipartisan support in the Senate, but maybe not House, to be veto proof.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
Democrats need about 4 GOP senators to get the bill passed. Theyll need 19 or 20 to get the inevitable veto override. I guess we'll see how these events have shaken congress and if thars enough to take trumps toys away.

Pxtl 2y ago

Also note that they could also impeach Trump at any time. The sort of crimes that justify impeachment are pretty easily demonstrable at this point so all they need are the votes. They'll have just under half in the House and Senate from the Democrats, so they only need a handful of Rs in the House and (the hard part) a bit over 1/3rd of the Rs in the Senate. So if they can find like 20 R senators who realize that they no longer support a Mad King, they're all set.