{"id":1921095,"date":"2023-04-29T02:40:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-reverse-biden-solar-tariff-freeze-12-democrats-join-republican-majority\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T02:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:43:15","slug":"house-votes-to-reverse-biden-solar-tariff-freeze-12-democrats-join-republican-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-reverse-biden-solar-tariff-freeze-12-democrats-join-republican-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"House Votes to Reverse Biden Solar Tariff Freeze; 12 Democrats Join Republican Majority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-votes-to-reverse-biden-solar-tariff-freeze-12-democrats-join-republican-majority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Passes Resolution to Overturn Biden&#8217;s Solar Panel Tariff Pause<\/h2>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0428\/976573d0-2aa6-4ccf-82e4-d6d2a67e34f1\/audio.mp3?length=3462957&#038;duration=289\"><\/div>\n<p>The House of Representatives has passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn a Biden administration policy that paused tariffs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-injury-during-yard-work-could-require-amputation\/\" title=\"GOP Senator\u2019s Injury During Yard Work Could Require Amputation\">imported solar panels<\/a>. This resolution, H.J. Res. 39, passed in the House by a vote of 221\u2013202. Twelve Democrats joined the majority of Republicans who voted in favor of the bill, while eight Republicans opposed the resolution.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the Resolution About?<\/h3>\n<p>The resolution comes in response to an administrative rule that Biden\u2019s Department of Commerce submitted in September which waives tariffs on solar panels completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam using parts and components manufactured in China. The tariff waiver is set to last until June of 2024 or until Biden rescinds a related emergency proclamation that describes struggles to \u201cprovide sufficient electricity generation to serve expected customer demand\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n<h3>Why is it Controversial?<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have brought forward resolutions to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s tariff policy. Supporters of these resolutions have argued that the Biden administration\u2019s policy makes the U.S. energy industry less competitive and incentivizes Chinese firms to simply route their products through other countries in order to duck U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States relies on foreign nations, like China, for far too many of our energy needs, and failing to enforce our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-continues-feud-with-biden-admin-backs-gop-bills-to-roll-back-two-pillars-of-biden-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Manchin Continues Feud With Biden Admin, Backs GOP Bills To Roll Back Two Pillars Of Biden Climate Agenda\">existing trade laws undermines<\/a> the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act to onshore our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kerry-admits-slave-labor-fuels-chinas-green-energy-supply-chain\/\" title=\"Kerry Admits Slave Labor Fuels China\u2019s Green Energy Supply Chain\">energy supply chains<\/a>, including solar,\u201d Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden Vows Veto<\/h3>\n<p>Even if the CRA resolutions do pass both houses of Congress, the Biden White House already indicated earlier this week that he would veto such measures. The White House issued a Statement of Administrative Policy on Monday, stating his opposition to the House resolution of disapproval against his tariff policies.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said that Biden has been working \u201cfrom day one\u201d to help grow jobs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-solar-industry-jobs-rose-9-in-2021-mainly-in-installation\/\" title=\"U.S. solar industry jobs rose 9% in 2021, mainly in installation\">solar energy industry<\/a> in the United States and onshore the supply chain for the solar energy industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever,\u201d the White House said, \u201cthese investments will take time to ramp up production\u2014which is why last spring, the President declared an emergency to ensure that Americans have access to reliable, affordable, and clean electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Democratic Support for Overturning Biden&#8217;s Tariff Waivers<\/h3>\n<p>The Democratic support for overturning Biden\u2019s tariff waivers could be enough to pass a CRA resolution in the Democrat-controlled Senate if all 49 Republican senators also support the resolution. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have signaled their support for the Republican-led Senate resolution, while a spokesperson for Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) has told Fox News he is still reviewing the issue.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The House&#8217;s decision to pass the CRA resolution to overturn Biden&#8217;s solar panel tariff pause has sparked controversy. While supporters argue that the policy makes the U.S. energy industry less competitive, opponents believe that it is necessary to ensure that Americans have access to reliable, affordable, and clean electricity. It remains to be seen whether the resolution will pass in the Senate and whether Biden will veto it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution on Friday to overturn a Biden administration policy that paused tariffs on imported solar panels. The resolution, H.J. Res. 39, passed in the House by a vote of 221\u2013202. Twelve Democrats joined the majority of Republicans who voted in favor of the bill, while<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":1921096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3620,3685,11700,3653,5049,3911,4801,4678,16957,4030],"class_list":["post-1921095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-biden","tag-democrats","tag-freeze","tag-house","tag-majority","tag-republican","tag-reverse","tag-solar","tag-tariff","tag-votes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}