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I am not. They should repeal the laws that give the president that authority. Unfortunately, a Republican congress won't do that, and a Democratic congress didn't want to do it either when there was one. And blocking the CR wouldn't do anything about it.

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David Glasner

@david_glasner

Mar 13

Replying to @jbarro and @mattyglesias

Are you OK with Congress dishonestly and abjectly ceding unchecked authority to POTUS to set tariffs under color of a declaration of a non-existent national emergency?

5:50 PM · Mar 13, 2025

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Josh Barro

@jbarro

Mar 13

Also, as a technical matter, the recent action that ceded even more of Congress's influence isn't in the CR. It's in the *rule* the House used to consider the CR, which already passed and is in effect, regardless of what happens to the CR.

You may be right, but the CR explicitly made it impossible to put that authority to a vote in this Congress. You don't think that was something to make a fuss about?

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@FaceEatnLeopard

Mar 13

What i would give for a POTUS nominee who sincerely runs on a platform of "elect me and I will do everything in my power to make Congress take my power away. Me AND my successors!"

It feels like the US has a kabuki legislature, and has for decades. Much like those who followed Julius Caesar nominally kept the Senate going... but it was a vestigial organ for the state. Eventually the treasury will ignore a refusal to raise the debt limit.

Also, the Supreme Court should overturn INS vs Chadha so that the joint resolution to end the emergency can't be vetoed, the way the law was written until all the legislative vetoes were eliminated in 1983.

M James

@Islaladrones

Mar 14

It was not dishonestly or abjectly ceeded. These laws and principles go back quite some time.

Matt Sheehan

@mattsheehan92

Mar 14

Gj highlighting why base hates the establishment. They had power and did nothing.

David Glasner

@david_glasner

Mar 13

Well, the S&P 500 futures are up two-thirds of a percent, so Mr. Market seems to be breathing a sigh of relief.

The filibuster is the only leverage left to Dems. If they are too gutless to use it, then the legislative branch, as a check on the Executive Branch, is dead.