But our authority over the budget is being advocated, as we saw in the cross. But another area of authority for the Congress is the tariff authority. And a couple of decades ago, this Congress gave and delegated some authority to the president in a national emergency to impose tariffs. That national emergency was given. That authority was given with the expectation, and rightly so, in a mutually respectful civil society, that a president would use it for the intended purpose and with restraint, whether it was Republican or Democrat. (02:22–02:30)
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Asserts that Congress delegated tariff authority to the president for national emergencies.
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