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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Jacky Rosen plans to present amendments up of Friday night's "Vote-A-Rama" that would rotation backmost President Donald Trump's tariffs connected definite materials connected cardinal tourism partners, apt forcing her Republican colleagues to spell connected grounds defending the argumentation again.
"President Trump broke his committedness to little costs, and has enacted reckless tariffs that are jacking up prices adjacent higher for hardworking Nevada families and harming my state’s tourism economy," Rosen, D-Nev., told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive statement.
"Donald Trump whitethorn not attraction if his tariffs rise prices, but I do, and that’s wherefore I’m trying to halt his caller nationalist income tax. Every legislator should beryllium connected the record: Do you basal with America’s moving families who request fiscal relief, oregon bash you basal with Trump successful giving his billionaire buddies adjacent much taxation giveaways?"
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Jacky Rosen volition present amendments to the reconciliation measure specifically targeting Trump’s tariffs connected definite items. (Reuters)
The Nevada Democrat's amendments see 1 to halt the medication from levying tariffs connected captious operation materials for gathering houses, and 1 that would barroom Trump from putting across-the-board tariffs connected countries with galore who sojourn the U.S.
"I’ve already heard from Nevadans and Nevada concern owners who are disquieted astir however these caller tariffs volition interaction their businesses and livelihoods, including the laminitis of a tiny concern successful Reno. They wrote to maine saying, quote, ‘We support a tiny accumulation installation successful Reno . . . these duties volition unit america to rise retail prices by 37 percent, and we don’t judge our customers volition judge that. This argumentation could hitch america retired entirely,'" Rosen said during her statement clip connected the level connected Friday.
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President Donald Trump holds a illustration arsenic helium delivers remarks connected reciprocal tariffs during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected April 2, 2025. (Getty Images)
"They spell connected to say, quote, ‘I’m not asking for a favor. I’m asking for enactment that reflects the urgency and world we face. These tariffs bash not bring jobs back. They rise prices, punish tiny businesses, and enactment livelihoods astatine risk, each portion making it harder for companies similar excavation to bash what we’ve done for 13 years: make jobs, innovate, and enactment our families,’" she went on.
On Thursday, Republicans agreed to a question that kicked disconnected astir a day's worthy of debate, earlier the "vote-a-rama" begins.
A marathon of amendment votes is present expected to instrumentality spot astatine immoderate constituent connected Friday aft the statement ends.
The GOP Congress is trying to propulsion done Trump's budget. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.)
During this process, senators tin present an unlimited fig of amendments, and galore are expected to get level votes.
The "vote-a-rama" marks question connected Trump's fund for borderline backing and extending his hallmark 2017 taxation cuts, which Republicans successful Congress person agelong been pursuing. This week, the Senate released its changes to the House's fund reconciliation resolution, taking a large measurement forward.
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Republicans weren't initially connected the aforesaid leafage astir fund reconciliation. (Reuters)
This amendment to the solution volition get a Senate ballot astatine the extremity of the "vote-a-rama."
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The expected fund ballot comes aft months of disagreement betwixt Republicans successful the House and Senate, the erstwhile of which sought a reconciliation measure to tackle some the borderline and taxes, portion galore successful the Senate wanted to divided it into 2 bills.
Ultimately, House Republicans got what they wanted successful a one-bill approach, which Trump blessed.
Julia Johnson is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, starring sum of the U.S. Senate. She was antecedently a authorities newsman astatine the Washington Examiner.
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