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Senate to vote Wednesday on authority over 232 tariffs

July 10, 2018 at 9:09 PM
The Senate on Wednesday will vote on a motion to instruct its energy and water appropriations bill conferees to include in the legislation language that would give Congress some authority it has delegated to the president to implement tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The vote will be the first for the Senate; previous attempts by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and some of his colleagues to move a bill to give Congress the final say...

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