Senate Votes to Quash Trump's 'liberation Day' Global Tariffs
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The US Senate voted to quash Trump's proposed 'Liberation Day' global tariffs, sparking discussion on the implications for trade policy and the political motivations behind the vote.
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For one thing, Trump's Executive Order 14257 for the tariffs explicitly relies on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA). Instead of voting to terminate specific declared national emergencies, they should be voting to repeal IEEPA, or to at least shackle it thoroughly.
Every Kingly excess should be met with the same pattern of working toward explicit revocation. Otherwise they're just angling to get their hands on it.
I think when Trump left office in 2021 everyone (McConnell especially) breathed a collective sigh of relief and said, "well I am glad that will never happen again". Then they proceeded to trust that all future presidents would uphold 250 years of norms.