Republicans Wary of Touching Trump’s Tariff Powers Despite Market Turmoil

Although Republicans may not want to go on the record, Democrats plan to force them to take politically poisonous votes related to the new import taxes.

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Senator Grassley arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, April 2, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Republicans on Capitol Hill are treading lightly around new proposals that could rein in President Trump’s unilateral tariff power, even as markets recoil from the administration’s new trade scheme. The ideas being kicked around by lawmakers — even if they could pass through Congress — would almost certainly have no support in the White House. 

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