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To: Red Badger
This actually would be a rather tricky constitutional issue. The Constitution says that all bills for the raising of revenue must be initiated in the House of Representatives. I don't believe it would be constitutional to raise taxes via a treaty that is ratified only by the Senate.

I think the way you would have to do it is with implementing legislation, which would mean a normal legislative bill initiated in the House, passed by the Senate, and signed by the President.

43 posted on 10/12/2021 1:31:10 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Treaties are kind of on the same level as the Constitution, so it can be done by treaty.


46 posted on 10/12/2021 1:54:15 PM PDT by Half_Retired
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