A GOP House bill to give Congress more authority over tariffs will be introduced Monday despite President Donald Trump vowing to veto the upper chamber’s version of the bill.
Centrist Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is set to introduce a companion bill that would mirror the legislation authored last week by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to combat Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement last week.
Even with bipartisan support, the bill is not promised 60 votes in the Senate and then would have an even steeper uphill battle for passage in the House. This would require Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to put a bill not supported by Trump on the floor for a vote, which is unlikely.
“I think you’ve got to give the president the latitude, the runway to do what it is he was elected to do and that is to get the economy running again and get our trade properly balanced…
