This week: SENATE TO VOTE ON TARIFF 'EMERGENCY'

Roll Call ^ | March 31 | By Niels Lesniewski

[RandFan]

Senators are expected to take a vote this week designed to stop President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from Canada, before the focus turns to Republicans’ effort to advance Trump’s broader policy agenda.

And the House will keep itself occupied with several GOP legislative priorities while waiting to see if the Senate moves forward with a compromise budget resolution this week.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is once again using expedited procedures to force a vote on whether or not to terminate a national emergency declaration. This time, it is the declared emergency that Trump used to put 25 percent tariffs on many Canadian imports, with some exceptions.

“President Trump’s taxes on Canadian goods have sent our economy into chaos, and Americans aren’t buying what he’s selling,” Kaine said in a statement last week. “They know they will pay the price with higher costs for everyday items, and their confidence in the economy is the lowest it has been in recent years.”

But the president appears to be full speed ahead with tariffs affecting Canada and a slew of other countries.

“We have our own energy. We don’t need energy from Canada. We don’t need lumber from Canada. We don’t need anything from Canada,” Trump said Sunday night on Air Force One. “We don’t need cars from Canada, as an example.”

[DesertRhino]

I think you have to have 2/3 to overrule a president declare a national emergency, or issue an executive order. A simple vote won’t do it

[wizardoz]

They would rather tax our corporations rather than foreign companies.

That's really what it boils down to.

[map]

Rand disappoints once again. Once again he shows us that he possesses a well-trained, but closed mind.

He will be remembered as one who stood as a midget in Trump’s giant shadow of success

[RandFan]

Are you worried that we will lose this vote??