Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Congress moving to curtail Trump's trade policies,

even though he at least for now back down.

Congress went on break for Easter.

In two weeks when they come back, some thought they would let the effort to restrain Trump go.

But now, it's highly expected that they move forward with effort to claw back powers

delegated to them by the Constitution, that over the years they delegated to the executive branch.

Despite Trump's current turnaround, it looks like those in the Senate that worried about

Trump's economic policies are planning on continuing the push to derail his power to act

unilaterally. Or, as Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon said, quote, my colleagues are telling me they want to move ahead. He then quipped

about how the only thing up in financial markets is volatility. The Senate knows what a lot of

U.S. trading partners know. Trump has become more erratic and global markets can't withstand a sustained period of reacting to Trump's social media without severe economic consequences that will derail the U.S. economy.

As we discussed, they may be hoping that if they can pull back the power from Trump, that traditional U.S. trading partners will relax a little bit if the

power over regulating foreign commerce becomes more decentralized. Senator Maria Cantwell gave a far more

kitchen table-oriented reason, saying, quote, we have seven Republicans on the bill so far, which was just introduced last

week. The House representatives introduced a bill with two Democrats and two Republicans, so it's

continuing to be bipartisan, bicameral. And I think it's because people are hearing from their

constituents who are saying, wait,

why am I paying this extra tax on these consumer goods? I don't want to do it.

It's important to remember that even though Trump caved to the pressure of the bond market

when it comes to his reciprocal tariff plan. Tariffs today are

still much higher than when he took office. The cost of those tariffs will be paid by us, the

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