House Republican introduces bill for Trump to retake Panama Canal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The bill would then require Trump to submit a report to Congress detailing the negotiations, including any "potential outcomes" or "anticipated outcomes.
42% : Panama officials were quick to rebuke Trump, with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino last month declaring, "Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong to PANAMA.
38% : Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced a bill Wednesday that would authorize Trump to begin negotiating with Panama "for the reacquisition of the Panama Canal from the Republic of Panama for the symbolic amount of $1."
36% : Trump previously suggested he would try to regain control of the Panama Canal, accusing the country last month of charging U.S. vessels "exorbitant prices" and threatening to take control of the canal "in full" and "without question" if those prices are not reduced.
32% : "The bill comes just one day after Trump did not rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which the United States returned to Panama's control decades ago.
21% : "House Democrats believe that we are not sent to Washington to invade Greenland, rename the Gulf of Mexico, or seize the Panama Canal by force," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told reporters Wednesday, referring to other suggestions by Trump to take control of Greenland and rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
16% : ""President Trump is right to consider repurchasing the Panama Canal," Johnson said.

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