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   Message 94,398 of 94,851   
   NoBody to Sherman   
   Re: Tariffs Boomerang On Orange Tariffma   
   12 Feb 26 07:05:22   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc   
   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:07:52 -0000 (UTC), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.   
   Sherman) wrote:   
      
   >> | President Donald Trump's tariffs cost the average American   
   >> | household $1,000 last year, according to new research from   
   >> | the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.   
   >   
   > | ...   
   > | More than 10 months after Trump dramatically seized   
   > | "emergency" tariff powers from Congress -- and upended   
   > | decades of American free market orthodoxy as he did so --   
   > | the House last night finally pushed back. Three Republicans   
   > | voted with Democrats to reject Speaker Mike Johnson's   
   > | attempt to reinstate a House ban on tariff votes. It was   
   > | more than enough to overturn the wafer-thin GOP majority.   
   > | ...   
   > | And don't forget: The Senate has already voted against   
   > | Trump's tariffs, with four rebel Republicans siding with   
   > | Dems last October. Both chambers now appear to have an   
   > | anti-tariff majority -- meaning we are reaching the point   
   > | where Congress is now actively rebuking the president over   
   > | his signature economic policy.   
   > | ...   
   >   
   >   
   >    --bks   
      
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