Trump could face yet another disapproval vote in Congress if he moves forward with new tariffs on Mexico, potentially setting up a major clash with Senate Republicans
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And just as Congress voted to block Trump’s first national emergency to fund his border wall, lawmakers may be able to vote to overturn any new tariffs that Trump imposes.Sign Up “He does need to declare an emergency in order to act under IEEPA because the earlier emergency declaration involving the US-Mexico border did not reference IEEPA actions. This new declaration of an emergency will allow Congress the opportunity to pass a joint resolution against the declaration of this new emergency," said Vanessa P. Sciarra, the vice president for legal affairs and trade & investment policy at the National Foreign Trade Council.
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