Trump floats new emergency resolution to impose Mexico tariffs

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

Senate Republicans said Tuesday that the administration has floated declaring a second national emergency to implement new tariffs on Mexico, a move that would set up a high-stakes clash with Congress.

GOP senators emerged from a closed-door lunch with White House deputy counsel Pat Philbin and Justice Department officials saying the issue was discussed during the meeting, but that the administration indicated it had not yet reached a resolution on whether or not it would need to take the controversial step.

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Trump says he will impose the tariffs on Mexico under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act as soon as next week unless Mexico cracks down on the flow of migrants from Central America across the southern border.

But declaring a second national emergency, after Trump used the tool earlier this year to sidestep Congress on border funding, would pave the way for a significant fight with Senate Republicans, who have publicly and privately voiced opposition to the tariffs.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/446912-trump-floats-new-emergency-resolution-to-impose-mexico-tariffs

[DFW]

1. Every time Trump gets a hangnail, it's a national emergency.

How about tackling the national emergency that started January 20, 2017?
That was the day he Made America Go Awry.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Or national security threat, from CANADA no less. Hence tariffs on Canadian steel & Al since lifted

Nothing changed vis-a-vis Canada-USA, except that Canada said it would not ratify NAFTA 2 unless they were lifted.

"National Security Threat"?

"National Emergency"?

He had two years with a compliant Republican Congress and still didn't move to get anything done except appoint hanging con judges.

[keithbvadu2]

3. What happened to Trump's threat to close the border?

What happened to Trump's threat to block the border?

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/29/trump-close-us-mexico-border-1243493

March 2019

"If they don't stop them, we are closing the border," Trump said. "We will close it and keep it closed for a long time."

"I'm not playing games," he added.

[DFW]

4. I think Trump addressed this rather directly in the third verse......

That WAS Trump singing, wasn't it? I mean after all the hate comments, who else could it be?

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Dye-am...they are good.

This is particularly well done, and I really like his pull no punches lyrics.

I forward these everywhere.

[DFW]

6. In this particular case, the lyrics were mine :-)

This was our first cooperation with the Parody Project. We did a total of four together so far.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. and good ones they are, too!

[DFW]

9. The geography is not convenient

Central Europe (me) to Georgia (the rest of TFT) to the West Coast (Parody Project). A LOT of time differences!!

But we really like working with them. They are excellent musicians with an understanding of lyrics and how to use them in satire and parody, so for us of TFT, they really are kindred spirits.

[pat_k]

8. How about declaring a REAL national emergency -- Homelessness

In the wake of a disaster, FEMA funds provide emergency shelter and support services to people who have been rendered homeless. They also provide transitional shelter/housing funds for those who need ongoing assistance. It's about time that we address homelessness with the same "emergency management" approach -- and dedicate sufficient funding to do the job, including support services to address addiction and mental illness. (e.g., "no strings," immediately and freely available Buprenorphine for heroin and other opiate/opioid addicted).

According to HUD's "point in time" survey over 500,000 are homeless on a given night -- an enormous number that is horrific, but is also a massive underestimate.

The Guardian
How America counts its homeless – and why so many are overlooked
...

“I’ve never been of the opinion that the count is even close to the complete number of those who experience homelessness on a particular night,” said James Wright, a homelessness expert at the University of Central Florida who was a leader of the count in Orlando for about seven years. “It always gives me a chuckle when HUD” – the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which publishes the data – “reports it to six significant digits. It’s real misplaced precision.”
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