According to BlockBeats, U.S. House Speaker Johnson stated on Monday that despite some Republican lawmakers urging President Donald Trump to negotiate a way to cancel tariffs before they take effect on Wednesday, the House will provide Trump with the necessary space to implement his extensive global tariff system.
Johnson remarked, "We will give him the space needed to implement the policy and then see how things develop." He further mentioned that Trump is actively engaged in addressing the trade deficit issue. Opposition within the Republican Party has manifested in bipartisan legislative efforts aimed at reclaiming Congress's authority over tariffs from the President.
Previously, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell and Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley introduced legislation to limit the President's unilateral power to impose tariffs. U.S. Representative Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, plans to introduce the House version of this legislation on Monday. Due to strong opposition from a group of fiscal conservatives, Johnson refused to publicly commit to bringing the revised Senate budget plan to a House vote this week. However, some senior Republican aides indicated that the current plan remains to proceed with the final vote on Wednesday afternoon.