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Emergency Economic Powers Act

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act has been interpreted to permit presidential tariffs under defined conditions, with potential implications for executive authority.

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Jan 31, 2026
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What specific votes and senators broke with party leadership to oppose Trump’s emergency declarations?

on March 14, 2019 voted 59–41 to terminate ’s , with a dozen Republican senators breaking from leadership to join in rebuking the president; the roll call and many outlets reported the defection as an...

Jan 22, 2026

Who has paid for the bulk of tariffs in the united states in 2025?

The evidence from 2025 points to a shifting burden: in the first half of the year most tariff costs were shouldered by firms—importers compressing margins and absorbing duties—while by the autumn a gr...