Rand Paul Is Leading Another Long-Shot Effort at Stopping Trump’s Terrible Trade War
Lawmakers from both parties and both houses of Congress have launched a long-shot effort at stopping President Donald Trump’s global trade war amid the falling stock market and rising fears of a recession.
Bills introduced Tuesday in the House and Senate would terminate the emergency declaration that Trump signed last week and used to impose tariffs on nearly all goods imported into the United States.
“Tariffs are taxes, and the power to tax belongs to Congress—not the president,” Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) said in a statement. “Abusing emergency powers to impose blanket tariffs not only drives up costs for American families but also tramples on the Constitution.”
Paul and Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.) are the lead sponsors of the Senate resolution, which has also picked up support from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) and Sens. Tim Kaine (D–Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D–N.H.), Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Peter Welch (D–Vt.).
Over in the House, a similar resolution was introduced Tuesday and is backed by dozens of Democrats, including the ranking members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee.
“Trump is dragging our country into a trade war against our allies and imposing the largest tax increase on the American people in our history,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene (D–Wash.), who has led o
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