Posted on 06/03/2019 10:37:58 PM PDT by Innovative
Congressional Republicans have begun discussing whether they may have to vote to block President Trump’s planned new tariffs on Mexico, potentially igniting a second standoff this year over Trump’s use of executive powers to circumvent Congress, people familiar with the talks said.
The vote, which would be the GOP’s most dramatic act of defiance since Trump took office, could also have the effect of blocking billions of dollars in border wall funding that the president had announced in February when he declared a national emergency at the southern border, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are private.
Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on Mexico — with which the United States has a free-trade agreement — rely on the president’s declaration of a national emergency at the border. But the law gives Congress the right to override the national emergency determination by passing a resolution of disapproval.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
These are the Republicans.
Wtf
Communist globalistas
They want America to become the EU
We voted for Donald Trump to be President, not because he is Republican, but for his promises to Americans and his vision of making America great again. Damn swamp creatures, including Republican members of Congress who seek to block President Trump’s vision. Anyone who stands against President Trump is someone I’ll hate, and we need to let them know they are the enemy.
Wa Po won’t let me read article. Which Republicans?
Not a single damn one of them worth voting for.
This would be totally crap if true. But it’s so hard to choose between the lying wash post propaganda press. — and the backstabbing RINOs. A pox on both their houses!!!!! Thanks
Coryn, Thune, Toomey and Ernst.
Spineless, every "R" in congress, they all suffer from Loopner's Disease; each was born without a spine.
That’s ##@@ing great.
Come on man.
Way to go a**holes!!
These are truly despicable people, undermining their own president.
Imagine that.... But the people of those states keep sending them back. Be nice to see who their biggest donors are and who they pal around with. See who their Puppet Masters are.
As for Ernst, all the corn and pig farmers need the cheapest labor available. I worked up in Iowa for a little bit, in 2017. I was surprised to learn that they’ve seemingly taken over towns.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/business/economy/storm-lake-iowa-immigrant-workers.html
Someone got a call from the
cartels.
Terrible. I called Ann Kirkpatrick, Congress from AZ. today. What’s her position on destru tive invasion?
Millennial told me she gives to food bank. Told her to tell her to do her duty snd orotect America.
Yawn!
Same $hit, different day.
And yet these pukes keep getting re-elected. Which speaks volumes about the rank and file.
And the slithering representatives laugh all the way back to the Swamp every election cycle.
Fake news
Unnamed GOP leaders
The only source provided is a quote from John Thune who says some members are “very concerned” and that if this continues ““Congress is going to want to probably be heard from” ... which could mean anything, but WaPo spins it to mean - in terms of trying to limit Trump’s tariff authoriy - without providing any additional quote or source to support that interpretation.
Grassely, Gardner, Rounds, etc.
After taking away the money they get from lobbyist for China this was the last straw to have the money taken away from them they were getting from the lobbyist for Mexico.
“The Empire (tries to) Strike Back”
LOL!
Lots of international companies want to buy this vote- but is it worth their jobs to the politicans?
The free-traitors rear their ugly heads. These people must be thrown out of the country. They’d sell their own mothers for a few bucks.
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