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Flake to introduce bill to nullify Trump's tariffs
The Hill ^
| 3/8/2018
| jordain carney
Posted on 03/08/2018 3:40:20 PM PST by bkopto
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said on Thursday that he will introduce legislation to nix President Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports just minutes after they were announced.
"I will immediately draft and introduce legislation to nullify these tariffs, and I urge my colleagues to pass it before this exercise in protectionism inflicts any more damage on the economy," Flake said in a statement.
Trump announced that he would levy the penalties a 25 percent tariff for steel and 10 percent on aluminum during a White House event. Canada and Mexico are exempted amid larger trade negotiations, Trump said.
But the decision is expected to spark widespread backlash from Capitol Hill.
Republicans worked frantically, without success, for days to publicly and privately urge the administration to back down or at least narrow the tariffs.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aluminum; donaldtrump; flake; jeffflake; nevertrump; senate; steel; tariff; tariffs; tds; trade; trump; trumptariffs
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And these are your Chamber of Commerce owned RINOs.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:40:20 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: bkopto
How to spell “dumb ass” with five letters...
F L A K E
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:41:52 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:42:20 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: bkopto
Lame duck. Go ahead sport, get 2/3 to override his veto. See how many congressmen from the rust belt will vote your way.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:42:48 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: bkopto
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:42:52 PM PST
by
DOC44
To: SERKIT
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:43:19 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: DoughtyOne
will not make it out of committee
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:43:24 PM PST
by
Thibodeaux
(The FISA judge is corrupt)
To: bkopto
I believe there has been some recent mention of some foreign countries running steel and aluminum through Mexico and Canada to escape regs. They will surely continue to do that once tariffs are in place, no?
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:44:04 PM PST
by
Let's Roll
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
To: Let's Roll
Gosh, foiled again! So you really think that’s enough to trick us? Laughable. And the country caught doing that might have some very bad consequences coming their way.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:45:39 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: bkopto
McCain Jr. strikes again.
To: bkopto
Senator Flake must have some real major scandal in his background. He’s deranged. JMHO
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:46:19 PM PST
by
grania
(Deplorable and Proud of It!)
To: bkopto
Flake, thy name is mental masturbation.
5.56mm
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:46:26 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: bkopto
George Soros must pay Jeff Flake very well.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:46:45 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: bkopto
With his 18% approval rating - good luck.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:48:01 PM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: bkopto
Flake is retiring.
So he is against American workers? He’s not even facing the voters in his own home state.
FOAD.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:48:13 PM PST
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Forever))
To: bkopto
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:48:13 PM PST
by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: lee martell
Speechless. Is there anyone, ever, in the history of the Democrat party that would behave like this?
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03/08/2018 3:48:24 PM PST
by
americas.best.days...
( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
To: Thibodeaux
I wouldn’t think so either.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:49:24 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: bkopto
Dead on arrival, and Jeff ‘18% approval rating’ Flake knows it. Worthless attention-seeking narcissist.
To: bkopto
What an a**. Does he know how stupid he sounds?
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