{"id":2421219,"date":"2025-04-08T13:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-dismisses-congressional-role-in-tariffs-since-people-see-need-for-them-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:39:09","slug":"scalise-dismisses-congressional-role-in-tariffs-since-people-see-need-for-them-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-dismisses-congressional-role-in-tariffs-since-people-see-need-for-them-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalise dismisses congressional role in tariffs since people see \u2018need\u2019 for them &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fscalise-dismisses-congressional-role-in-tariffs-since-people-see-need-for-them-washington-examiner%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=2421219&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--><p>In a recent discussion, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) defended President Donald Trump&#8217;s use of tariffs, stating that American consumers understand the necessity behind them despite current market concerns. Scalise argued against congressional efforts to limit the president&#8217;s tariff power, supporting a &#8220;healthy debate&#8221; on the issue while rejecting Rep. Don Bacon&#8217;s plan to introduce a bill aimed at curbing these powers. He emphasized that Trump&#8217;s strategy is aimed at achieving fair trade,suggesting that while ther might potentially be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/back-to-work-order-issued-for-two-major-canada-railroads-union-will-comply-but-lawsuit-planned-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Back-to-work order issued for two major Canada railroads. Union will comply, but lawsuit planned - Washington Examiner\">short-term economic pain<\/a>,the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-office-opposition-from-ncaa-woke-corporations-strengthened-his-resolve-to-protect-girls\/\" title=\"DeSantis\u2019 Office: Opposition From NCAA, \u2018Woke\u2019 Corporations \u2018Strengthened His Resolve\u2019 To Protect Girls\">long-term benefits<\/a> will be significant. Scalise proposed that the ultimate goal should be &#8220;zero tariffs by everybody&#8221; to create a level trading field and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">acknowledged growing interest<\/a> from other countries seeking negotiations with the U.S. The White House has indicated that it would veto any legislation attempting to restrict the president&#8217;s tariff authority, and Senate GOP leaders have downplayed the likelihood of such measures advancing in Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Scalise dismisses congressional role in tariffs since people see &lsquo;need&rsquo; for them<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2086227\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-scalise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Steve Scalise<\/a> (R-LA) argued that consumers in the United States recognize why President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is utilizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> despite concerns about the current market.<\/p>\n<p>Scalise made the comment when speaking against Congress having a role in restraining the president&rsquo;s ability to use tariffs, as seven Republican senators, including Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY), expressed support for a bill on the matter. When asked about Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/bacon.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Don Bacon&rsquo;s (R-NE) plan to introduce the House&rsquo;s own bill<\/a> to curtail the president&rsquo;s role in issuing tariffs, Scalise said did not support it but recognized that these bills are part of a &ldquo;healthy debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3373818\/democrats-say-saving-us-manufacturing-is-who-we-are\/\">Democrats say saving US manufacturing is &lsquo;who we are&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3373717\/house-gop-budget-danger-holdouts-dismiss-trump-outreach\/\">House GOP budget is in danger as holdouts dismiss Trump&#8217;s outreach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3373770\/supreme-court-halts-order-rehire-federal-workers\/\">Supreme Court halts order to rehire federal workers removed by Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump said in the State of the Union, go back and watch the tape, he said, &lsquo;Look, trust me on this, there will be some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retail-giants-toggle-business-strategies-in-response-to-high-inflation\/\" title=\"Retail Giants Toggle Business Strategies In Response To High Inflation\">short-term pain<\/a>, but long-term, we&rsquo;re going to get fair trade,&rsquo;&rdquo; Scalise said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Mornings with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;Countries are going to have to stop cutting us off, and I think everybody in America gets that, even the people that are concerned about the effects on today&rsquo;s market or even on today&rsquo;s prices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2881384&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=6bf415b50b3425c993bbd36082f5c71c\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scalise said that an ideal outcome to the tariffs would be &ldquo;zero tariffs by everybody&rdquo; to level the trading field. He added that people would look back on the tariffs and recognize they are &ldquo;a good thing,&rdquo; before noting that the tariffs are why there is &ldquo;a line out the door&rdquo; of other countries seeking to negotiate with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3372407\/congress-job-failing-trump-tariff-congressional-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WILL CONGRESS EVER DO ITS JOB?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, Trump wrote on Truth Social that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3373447\/trump-talks-south-korea-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he had a &ldquo;great&rdquo; call with acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo<\/a> about getting a &ldquo;great deal&rdquo; on tariffs, as imports from South Korea into the U.S. will be hit with a 25% tax beginning Wednesday. This comes after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3371641\/brooke-rollins-50-countries-calling-trump-negotiate-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">50 countries are &ldquo;burning the phone lines into the White House up&rdquo;<\/a> to speak to the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114302499965852704\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The White House has warned that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3372745\/white-house-threatens-veto-congress-bill-tariff-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> any bill seeking to limit the president&rsquo;s tariff power would be vetoed<\/a>. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3373145\/senate-gop-leaders-dismiss-push-curb-trump-tariff-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"downplayed\">downplayed<\/a> the possibility of this effort making it far in the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2086227\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2086227\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scalise downplays Congress&#8217;s role in tariffs, citing public support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2421220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scalise-tariffs-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53067,5025,50406],"class_list":["post-2421219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congressional-role","tag-scalise","tag-tariffs-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Scalise-tariffs-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421219","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421223,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421219\/revisions\/2421223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}