President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have revived GOP concerns that Congress has relinquished too much power to the executive branch.
While congressional Republicans have largely deferred to Trump on trade policy, his fresh wave of tariffs ranging from 10% to 50% on virtually all imports has spurred dissenters who want the Legislative Branch to reassert its authority on tariffs.
“For too long, Congress has delegated its clear authority to regulate interstate and foreign commerce to the Executive Branch,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a top Republican who chairs the chamber’s Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.
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Grassley, a member of the Finance Committee and third in line to the presidency as Senate president pro tempore, unveiled a bipartisan bill to do just that by requiring tariffs to
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