Don Bacon defends ‘power of the purse’ after Trump implies he’s a ‘rebel’ on tariffs

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) reinforced his stance on the bill to restore tariff power to Congress after President Donald Trump implied he was a “rebel Republican.”

Trump announced tariffs against 86 countries last week. Bacon clarified that he and the bipartisan group of Congressmen who support his bill aren’t “anti-tariffs in all situations, but we should have a vote.”

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