"We're thinking about maybe, possibly, some time in the near future, growing a spine... Maybe.. If ya know, he does what he says he's gonna do, then, yeah, we'll probably have to do something about that. Maybe..."
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The tariffs start at midnight, we'll know soon enough.
GUESS THEY DIDNT NEED TO, BLATANT MARKET MANIPULATION IS TOTALLY FINE.
I think the underestimate his ability to make a brand new tariff every 39 days. Dial it up or down a percentage point. He already discovered tariffs go above 💯
this is just a "planned" bill right now, so hopefully they'll get to that.
sweats in supply chain management
Great. I'm happy, really, that some cracks however small are appearing. But unless I'm mistaken, even if the House and Senate bills could get smushed together and passed by both houses, it would need Trump's signature to become law - something he is most assuredly not going to do. Is there enough votes to override his veto?
Absolutley insane that a bill limiting Presidential power is subject to a veto
I mean, that veto is subject to an override like any other.
What baffles me is that things that were done through Congress is being undone unilaterally by the executive, and Republicans' responses are basically "oh yes, this is fine. Would you like some more of our power, Mr. President? We aren't using it, help yourself!"
Even then, he could try to pocket veto.
Which is an exercise in futility against a determined congress.
Yeah, but how much of Congress is still determined to see how far up Trumps ass their tongues can go?
You know we are fucking cooked when the phrase is "defy trump" and not "holding discussions to fix tariff bill". They've lost all sense of responsibility to this fascist Russian asset and it's crazy they are just following orders like it's the 1930s.
Oh wow a whole dozen? I mean thats really showing him who is boss.
Whats that? He can veto the bill and neither the house or senate has veto proof margins on these?
So fuck off with this attempt to seem like a not piece of shit. This is what you wanted
This is theater. First and foremost, even if they could pass the bill through both houses, he would NEVER sign it, and they'd never have the votes for an over-ride. So the concept is already dead in the water.
Secondly, 40 days of tariffs like these would still do incredible economic damage, and still crash the global economy. All he would have to do is run the tariffs for 39 days, and then renew them with a slight change for another 39 days.
So its all a useless ploy to give Republicans the opportunity to say "See we did everything to oppose him as well, but he's such a genius that he outsmarted us at every turn."
Constant breathless reports on one side or the other or this or that branch may do this or did that performative action that accomplish nothing other than keeping the larger portion of the public glued to their seats.
Wake me up when something helpful and productive is actually done.
A dozen, you say? A dozen fascism enablers may be growing a spine??
What a fucking timeline.
It's not even like they're acting out over unlawful detentions or attacks on political speech, so I think it's more like "a dozen fascism enablers decide their personal greed outweighs their fear of the dear leader"
Cool. Maybe they can have life in exile instead of the firing squad the rest of the republican party deserves.