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When discussing what'll happen, it's important to remember that the Republican party as a whole is behind these new "emergency" import taxes, not just Trump as
by Terr_ 2y ago
When discussing what'll happen, it's important to remember that the Republican party as a whole is behind these new "emergency" import taxes, not just Trump as a lone actor.
In particular, the original IEEPA law requires that any motions to terminate the "emergency" must get voted on in ~18 days. However every House Republican moved to declare that somehow that the rest of the days this year don't count as time passing, for some reason.
https://www.ntu.org/publications/detail/when-is-a-calendar-day-not-a-calendar-day-and-why-does-it-matter https://www.ntu.org/publications/detail/when-is-a-calendar-d...