Mitch McConnell: We won’t block Trump’s tariffs

Published March 13, 2018 8:50pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday the Senate would not take up legislation that would block President Trump’s planned tariffs on aluminum and steel because Trump would not sign it.

“The thought that the president would sign a bill that would undo actions he’s taken strikes me as remote, at best,” McConnell, R-Ky., said after a closed-door meeting with Republicans and Vice President Mike Pence. “I’d like to use floor time in the Senate for things that actually have a chance to become law. So I think it’s highly unlikely we’d be dealing with that in a legislative way.”

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