Ten Democratic Senators joined Warren in signing a letter to Scott, the Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to see if Trump is appropriately using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which grants the president power to regulate commerce in the case of a national emergency.
“The committee has jurisdiction over key aspects of IEEPA and tariffs policy, and we have a responsibility to the American people to exercise our oversight function to scrutinize how the President is using these tools,” the letter stated.
Trump cited the IEEPA when he enacted his executive order on April 2, which established his “reciprocal” tariffs.
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The president said that current trade practices constituted “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and economy
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