And Congress gave the president the power because as a large deliberative body it is incapable of engaging in the kind of negotiations Trump is engaging in with other nations, and diplomacy is an executive branch power so it's really not possible for Congress.
We can consider returning the tariff power to Congress when our economy and industry have been repaired and Congress has been filled with patriots, and even then we may decide to leave things as they are for practical reasons.
Then he should negotiate and present his recommendations to Congress for approval or rejection.
Instead, he's claimed and is operating as if he has the power to levy tariffs against any or all trade partners based on the claim of a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. This has never been done until now, not for tariffs.
So, the Senate Republicans tried to approve, but it failed, 49-49.
After which, Thune put a motion to table it, so it couldn't come up again, and that went 49-49 also,
then Vance stepped in to break the tie, and have the matter shelved indefinitely.
It will move up in the courts, which is probably where it belongs, since the Senate is deadlocked.
Rand Paul was among those who voted in disapproval: "Paul said the Constitution forbids taxation being implemented in a way that circumvents Congress and laid out why he thought that was the case today."
On a measure that would disapprove of Trump's national emergency regarding tariffs, the Senate splintered during a vote
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