There is a possibility that Congress could take control of tariff policy away from the White House through fiscal policy mechanisms, but Republican senators have largely not resisted Trump's plans so far, and resistance likely requires constituent pain before senators feel politically empowered to push back.
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Tim KolletzEvidence Quote
“Republican Senators have been very happy to just kind of go along with most of his plans...waiting for their constituents to feel pain to then give feedback to the Senators and then they kind of feel like they have the ammo to say Mr President this is not working”
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