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Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote
House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.
The national emergency law lays out a fast-track process for Congress to consider a resolution ending a presidential emergency, requiring committee consideration within 15 calendar days after one is introduced and a floor vote within three days after that. But the language House Republicans inserted in their measure on Tuesday declared that, “Each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day” for the purposes of the emergency that Mr. Trump declared on Feb. 1.