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Flake to introduce bill to nullify Trump's tariffs
The Hill ^
| 3/8/2018
| jordain carney
Posted on 03/08/2018 3:40:20 PM PST by bkopto
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said on Thursday that he will introduce legislation to nix President Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports just minutes after they were announced.
"I will immediately draft and introduce legislation to nullify these tariffs, and I urge my colleagues to pass it before this exercise in protectionism inflicts any more damage on the economy," Flake said in a statement.
Trump announced that he would levy the penalties — a 25 percent tariff for steel and 10 percent on aluminum — during a White House event. Canada and Mexico are exempted amid larger trade negotiations, Trump said.
But the decision is expected to spark widespread backlash from Capitol Hill.
Republicans worked frantically, without success, for days to publicly and privately urge the administration to back down or at least narrow the tariffs.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aluminum; donaldtrump; flake; jeffflake; nevertrump; senate; steel; tariff; tariffs; tds; trade; trump; trumptariffs
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To: SaveFerris
Or should I have said Chamber of Commerce?
It’s so hard keeping all the traitors to Americans and American jobs straight these days.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:51:56 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: bkopto
This is far more liberal than even the most leftward Republican.
Flake can kiss my hairy white ass.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:52:31 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(What America needs is more Hogg control.)
To: bkopto
Scoot. Skedaddle. Get lost. Hit the bricks.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:52:57 PM PST
by
JPG
(MAGA)
To: bkopto
Jeff comes from a long line of flakes.
To: bkopto
Who does Flake n Bake think is going to sign this legislation into law? This tells me the Progs are truly panicked.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:53:30 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
To: bkopto
Jeffy needs to be reminded he was elected by the people AZ, not the US.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:55:05 PM PST
by
Garvin
(Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
To: bkopto
Everything about Flake from immigration to trade just screams “Globalist tool of Soros”.
To: bkopto
This guy is an idiot. Like why bother having a democratic party opposing the president when guys like this around.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:59:01 PM PST
by
hawkaw
To: SaveFerris
I cannot think of anything Flake has accomplished in his senate career.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:03:06 PM PST
by
oldbrowser
(The fruit of the poison tree should invalidate any of the mule's findings, right ?)
To: oldbrowser
Flake can’t crawl out of the swamp soon enough.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:04:50 PM PST
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
To: oldbrowser
He’s been too busy being John McCain Jr.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:05:03 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SERKIT
Stoopid useless Flake putz. I legend in his own empty head.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:07:45 PM PST
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: bkopto
What party doe Flake really belong to?
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:09:19 PM PST
by
Crucial
To: bkopto
it’s amazing, these bush republicans don’t lift a finger for decades, but the minute something good happens for the people they’re suddenly freakin’ workaholics.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:09:54 PM PST
by
dadfly
To: bkopto
Which he will veto. Love this!!!!!
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:10:36 PM PST
by
nikos1121
(Tax cuts should be retro-active to January 1, 2017!!!!)
To: Crucial
[What party doe Flake really belong to?]
Oh come now. Everybody knows.
It’s the same as John McCain.
Democrat, of course! :)
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:12:36 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: bkopto
....Trump has pretty much proven that he knows what he is doing ... Some things are done for effect to lay the ground for what he is planning to do next. When he does this there is a Knee Jerk reaction by pretty much the whole world .... Then somehow magically the President pulls the cover off of what he was doing and presents to the world ... another kept promise from his campaign.
... ..... That said ... I’m pretty sure Trump’s whole “Tariff” thing is meant to create some kind of “Leverage” ... Real or imagined ... as a prelude to renegotiating the NAFTA trade agreement as well as other trade agreements with other nations.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:14:44 PM PST
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: bkopto
Flake to introduce bill to nullify Trump's tariffsSandra??
No; wait. That was Fluke...
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:18:42 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: bkopto
Yep. Trumps gonna sign it, flakey. Yep. He is. /s
Make it look like you’re doing something. Your voters won’t know the difference, right?
Flake is appropriately named.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:24:57 PM PST
by
Maskot
(Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
To: bkopto
Flake definition - ditz, space cadet, airhead, fool, scatterbrain.
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