Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump's Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote - NYT

[Egwinsi]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.html

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

House Democrats had planned to force a vote on resolutions to end the tariffs on Mexico and Canada, a move allowed under the National Emergencies Act, which provides a mechanism for Congress to terminate an emergency like the one Mr. Trump declared when he imposed the tariffs on Feb. 1.

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But Republican leaders on Tuesday slipped language into a procedural measure that would prevent any resolution to end the tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China from receiving a vote this year. It passed on party lines as part of a resolution that cleared the way for a vote later Tuesday on a government spending bill needed to prevent a shutdown at the end of the week.

https://rules.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/rules.house.gov/files/documents/rule_hj-res-25_hr1156_hr1968.pdf

Procedural Measure:

19. Provides that each day for the remainder of the first session of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025.

The Republicans have made it clear, they are willing to remove their power to check the Executive.

[Meowmee]

1. Terrible

Republicans are cowards and traitors/ Russian assets.

[Meowmee]

2. Kick

Why not more recs?