US Republicans "stopped time" wrt responding to the POTUS emergency Tariff powers a full twenty nine days ago.<p><pre><code> Each day for the remainder of the first session of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025.
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~ <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/211/text?s=2&r=3&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22%5C%22shall+not+constitute+a+calendar+day%5C%22%22%7D" rel="nofollow">https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolutio...</a><p>"Each day [..] shall not constitute a calendar day"<p>I commented on this shortly after it happened: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358343">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358343</a> and once or twice since.<p>It's remarkable how little attention this has gotten.<p>See also: <i>Letters from an American</i> <a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-12-2025" rel="nofollow">https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-12-2025</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson</a>
> “This provision simply prevents the Democrats from limiting the president’s authority,” said a senior House GOP leadership aide.<p>This is quite telling. I'd be curious what this aide thought the role of Congress is.