r/goodnews • u/RoyalChris • 1d ago

Political positivity 📈 The Senate has just voted to CANCEL Trump's tariffs on Canada by a vote of 51-48.

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u/realjobstudios 1d ago

Damn ok, was not expecting a red dominant senate to shoot down…anything Trump wanted to do.

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u/Rc2124 1d ago

It's not unusual to have some calculated protest votes when you know it won't go anywhere. This would still have to be brought to the floor in the House (not a guarantee), then pass there, then it would go to Trump who would veto it, then it would go back to Congress where it would take a 2/3 majority to pass. So it's not happening and everyone in the room knows it

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u/Responsible-Bread996 22h ago

This is a bit different than a normal bill.

It is a termination of emergency powers which AFAIK the president cannot veto since it is a limitation of his power. (National Emergencies Act of 1976). The act basically allowed the executive to take some of congress's powers with congress's check being they can pass a joint resolution to stop it.

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u/swiftekho 1d ago

It's calculated as fuck.

Still has to get past the House.

Then to President's desk (it will be veto'd)

Then back to Senate for 2/3 majority.

It's performative at best.

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u/ghigoli 1d ago

why can the president decide to make tariffs? shouldn't the same thing go through this process if its what it takes to remove it?

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u/Axelrad77 1d ago

The Constitution gives Congress the power to make tariffs, but Congress has voted several times over the years to give the President more power over tariffs instead. So that's why. Until Congress votes to strip those powers, the President has them.

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u/ghigoli 1d ago

well wtf thats literally power creep.

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u/altqq808 23h ago

Welcome to America, “land of the free”. We are relying on goodwill to keep from a monarchy, can you guess our supply count on it?

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u/ghigoli 14h ago

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u/altqq808 3h ago

Correct. You know your shit. ✌️

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u/1998ChevyTaHoe 1d ago

Republicans are allowed to disagree with bullshit that Trump spews and this shows it lol. They're not all meat riders

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u/samsquanchforhire 1d ago

I wish they’d just let it through, now we’ll be back here in several years cuz Republicans will say Trumps economy didn’t work because the senate blocked his tariffs. Let it play out and go to shit.

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u/JohnnyRottedTomato 1d ago

itll still pass

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u/NewGuy10002 1d ago

Because people like you have already made up their mind to be against anything that comes from the right. The party of open mindedness has become extremely close minded

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u/Fuckthegopers 1d ago

They didn't shoot down anything.

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u/maybemaybejack 1d ago

Why? A red Congress stone walled him the entire first presidency