The Republican leaders of the US House of Representatives today used a regulatory trick to shoot down the Democrats' attempt to force a vote to limit President Donald Trump's power to impose tariffs.
The move allows the Republican chairman of the lower house of Congress, Mike Johnson, to postpone until October the consideration of a resolution drafted by the Democratic minority, which aimed to rescind the national emergency declared by Donald Trump to justify his protectionist measures.
The Democratic resolution had lost relevance since the announcement that the president would institute a 90-day pause in his trade war with most countries.
And the presidential veto power would mean that any legislation passed against these tariffs would be rejected by the tenant of the White House.
Democrats, however, expressed outrage and accused Republicans of allowing Congress to become a chamber of approval instead of asserting their constitutional prerogatives over international trade.
Mike Johnson "is terrified that the members of this chamber will have to vote to reduce the costs imposed on Americans", stressed Democratic congressman Gregory Meeks.
But influential Republican congresswoman Virginia Foxx pointed out that Democrats used a similar tactic in 2021 to prevent Republicans from ending the national emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A growing number of Donald Trump's allies have begun to express concerns in recent days about the US economy and his electoral future in the face of tariffs.
"If we go into a recession, especially a severe recession, 2026 will likely be a political carnage," Republican Senator Ted Cruz warned on Friday.
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