Mike Johnson: Congress unlikely to find 'consensus' to codify Trump tariffs - E&E News
Congress is unlikely to pass legislation to codify President Trump's tariffs following the Supreme Court's ruling, according to Speaker Mike Johnson. He indicated that achieving consensus on such tariffs would be challenging and suggested that more attention will be on the executive branch's response rather than legislative action. Johnson also expressed skepticism about including Trump’s tariffs in future budget reconciliation bills.
Congress is unlikely to take up any legislation to codify President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda after the Supreme Court struck down the administration’s sweeping levies last week, Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday.
“It’s going to be, I think, a challenge to find consensus on any path forward on the tariffs, on the legislative side,” Johnson told reporters. “And so that is why, I think, you see so much of the attention on the executive side, the executive branch, and what they’re doing and how they’re reacting to the ruling.”
That applies to enacting Trump’s tariffs as part of any second party-line megabill passed through the budget reconciliation process, an idea that some Republicans publicly floated in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision.
“I’m not sure it has much to do with reconciliation,” Johnson said.
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