Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill

[WestMichRad]

16. Sorry to nitpick, but it's a timing thing.

We don’t need veto-proof numbers now. We need the House to take up and vote on the legislation, and pass it with a simple majority. Speaker Johnson will do everything he can do to obstruct this from happening, because he’s TSF’s stooge. So it will take some time to overcome his opposition, if possible.

THEN, after the inevitable veto, is when both chambers will need a 2/3 majority to override. Hopefully by then enough Repuke legislators will see what a disaster to our economy the tariffs have wrought. And how it will doom their re-election chances, if not fixed. So the delay in getting it done could work in our favor. That’s my hope, anyway.