Congress Hates Trade Wars -- but Doesn't Mind Real Wars

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Often, when Congress does pass important legislation, it caters to whatever the executive wants, especially during periods of unified government.
50% : It's perhaps no surprise that Donald Trump, a man who says that "tariff" is the most beautiful word in the English language, is a fan of trade wars.
46% : On April 7, two days before Trump announced a 90-day pause on the "reciprocal" tariffs, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would reclaim for the legislative branch the right to impose tariffs.
37% : The resistance Trump is confronting on tariffs is therefore more an exception than the rule these days.
29% : In 2019, Trump raised tariffs to 25 percent on about $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, and Beijing quickly retaliated.
25% : No lawmaker has been defeated at the polls for staying away from war-related votes, though they sometimes suffer political consequences for taking an active interest in military matters: Hillary Clinton, in part due to her vocal support for President George W. Bush's war in Iraq, lost to Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primaries.

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