Flake to introduce bill to nullify Trump's tariffs

The Hill ^ | 3/8/2018 | jordain carney

[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.

[Elsie]

Flake was an answer on Jeopardy!® last night.

[COBOL2Java]

I believe there has been some recent mention of some foreign countries running steel and aluminum through Mexico and Canada to escape regs. They will surely continue to do that once tariffs are in place, no?

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[Elsie]

Flake’s magic panties are on too tight.
When McCain resigns, moron Flake should do likewise.

Born in Snowflake, Arizona, Flake is a graduate of Brigham Young University and was a Mormon missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to South Africa

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I'm sure Jeff got points at headquarters for naming one kid DALLIN (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks)

 

 

But what kind did he get for naming another TANNER??  https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-notorious-tanners/Content?oid=2129013

 

Perhaps the Older Tanner line overrides the Younger one.

 

 

[Elsie]

Answer:zero.

I guess we'll just have to watch our money slowly drain away to other countries who product stuff cheaper than we do.

[central_va]

GOP is self destructing. Good.

[central_va]

Trump is just starting to put real and long lasting tariffs, hopefully on everything. Dream on Free Traitors™, but your day is done.

[Maskot]

What was the answer? Who is the biggest dirtbag in Congress today? Lol!

[trebb]

I love it!

Everyone that whines and moans about every little thing seem to forget that Trump is nobody's fool - maybe they are comparing him to themselves and thinking he should just concede defeat because it's what their wheelhouse is...

[sphinx]

Why should we penalize competitive U.S. industrial sectors, including exporters, in order to subsidize less competitive sectors?

[Elsie]

Well; we do it in the welfare issue. Competitive?

Hell!

They don't even play in the GAME!

[sphinx]

True. But we presumably don't want to reorganize the productive sectors of the economy as extensions of the welfare state, based ultimately on income redistribution. One can indeed organize an economy that way. It's called "socialism." Doesn't work.

Yes, we need welfare reform but that's a discussion for another day.

[Elsie]

yup