Republican Don Bacon warns Trump: No tariff bailout coming from Congress
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
EXCLUSIVE – Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is throwing cold water on a push by Republican colleagues to codify President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs into law, as he signaled a bailout is not coming from Congress after the Supreme Court overturned the tariffs on Friday.
“Oh, I don’t think they have the votes,” Bacon told the Washington Examiner minutes after the court ruled 6-3 that Trump overstepped his executive authority.
The decision was met with calls from Trump allies on Capitol Hill to use reconciliation, a budget process that skirts the Senate filibuster, to pass the tariffs into law. But getting a bill with that language through the House, where Republicans have just a one-seat majority, is doomed to fail.
Bacon, a centrist who is retiring at the end of the year, is one of just six House Republicans who voted to repeal Trump’s tariffs on Canada earlier this month, and he believes the well of opposition is much deeper than that vote suggested.
“I can see doing, you know, some targeted tariffs on countries that aren’t treating us right, but that’s not what the president was doing,” Bacon said.
He said that he previously urged the White House’s legislative affairs team to bring tariffs on Russia and China to Congress, but does not expect Trump to pursue that approach. The current scope of tariffs applies to virtually every U.S. trading partner.
“Why don’t you work with us and draft legislation with us, and we’ll pass it,” Bacon said of those conversations. “But that would be an admission that they need us on tariffs, so they don’t like that.”
FILE – U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) was among the first Republicans to suggest using reconciliation to keep Trump’s tariffs in place, calling Friday’s Supreme Court decision a “betrayal” that “handcuffs our fight against unfair trade.”
The more likely path for the White House is a “Plan B” that relies on different executive authorities to keep the tariffs in place. Yet, Trump would likely face similar legal challenges and periodic votes of disapproval from Congress.
“I hope he doesn’t, because we’ll go down the same path, because there will be constitutional issues,” Bacon said, describing the Supreme Court ruling as a “vindication” of congressional authority to impose taxes and tariffs.
Bacon has frequently sparred with GOP leadership over the issue, …
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
EXCLUSIVE – Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is throwing cold water on a push by Republican colleagues to codify President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs into law, as he signaled a bailout is not coming from Congress after the Supreme Court overturned the tariffs on Friday.
“Oh, I don’t think they have the votes,” Bacon told the Washington Examiner minutes after the court ruled 6-3 that Trump overstepped his executive authority.
The decision was met with calls from Trump allies on Capitol Hill to use reconciliation, a budget process that skirts the Senate filibuster, to pass the tariffs into law. But getting a bill with that language through the House, where Republicans have just a one-seat majority, is doomed to fail.
Bacon, a centrist who is retiring at the end of the year, is one of just six House Republicans who voted to repeal Trump’s tariffs on Canada earlier this month, and he believes the well of opposition is much deeper than that vote suggested.
“I can see doing, you know, some targeted tariffs on countries that aren’t treating us right, but that’s not what the president was doing,” Bacon said.
He said that he previously urged the White House’s legislative affairs team to bring tariffs on Russia and China to Congress, but does not expect Trump to pursue that approach. The current scope of tariffs applies to virtually every U.S. trading partner.
“Why don’t you work with us and draft legislation with us, and we’ll pass it,” Bacon said of those conversations. “But that would be an admission that they need us on tariffs, so they don’t like that.”
FILE – U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) was among the first Republicans to suggest using reconciliation to keep Trump’s tariffs in place, calling Friday’s Supreme Court decision a “betrayal” that “handcuffs our fight against unfair trade.”
The more likely path for the White House is a “Plan B” that relies on different executive authorities to keep the tariffs in place. Yet, Trump would likely face similar legal challenges and periodic votes of disapproval from Congress.
“I hope he doesn’t, because we’ll go down the same path, because there will be constitutional issues,” Bacon said, describing the Supreme Court ruling as a “vindication” of congressional authority to impose taxes and tariffs.
Bacon has frequently sparred with GOP leadership over the issue, …
Republican Don Bacon warns Trump: No tariff bailout coming from Congress
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
EXCLUSIVE – Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is throwing cold water on a push by Republican colleagues to codify President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs into law, as he signaled a bailout is not coming from Congress after the Supreme Court overturned the tariffs on Friday.
“Oh, I don’t think they have the votes,” Bacon told the Washington Examiner minutes after the court ruled 6-3 that Trump overstepped his executive authority.
The decision was met with calls from Trump allies on Capitol Hill to use reconciliation, a budget process that skirts the Senate filibuster, to pass the tariffs into law. But getting a bill with that language through the House, where Republicans have just a one-seat majority, is doomed to fail.
Bacon, a centrist who is retiring at the end of the year, is one of just six House Republicans who voted to repeal Trump’s tariffs on Canada earlier this month, and he believes the well of opposition is much deeper than that vote suggested.
“I can see doing, you know, some targeted tariffs on countries that aren’t treating us right, but that’s not what the president was doing,” Bacon said.
He said that he previously urged the White House’s legislative affairs team to bring tariffs on Russia and China to Congress, but does not expect Trump to pursue that approach. The current scope of tariffs applies to virtually every U.S. trading partner.
“Why don’t you work with us and draft legislation with us, and we’ll pass it,” Bacon said of those conversations. “But that would be an admission that they need us on tariffs, so they don’t like that.”
FILE – U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) was among the first Republicans to suggest using reconciliation to keep Trump’s tariffs in place, calling Friday’s Supreme Court decision a “betrayal” that “handcuffs our fight against unfair trade.”
The more likely path for the White House is a “Plan B” that relies on different executive authorities to keep the tariffs in place. Yet, Trump would likely face similar legal challenges and periodic votes of disapproval from Congress.
“I hope he doesn’t, because we’ll go down the same path, because there will be constitutional issues,” Bacon said, describing the Supreme Court ruling as a “vindication” of congressional authority to impose taxes and tariffs.
Bacon has frequently sparred with GOP leadership over the issue, …
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