Olivia Bridges

Ashburn

Committee Reporter at Roll Call

CQ Roll Call Ag-Trade Reporter

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Senate rejects resolution to stop tariffs in tie vote

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

Senate Republicans thwarted an effort by Democrats to pass a joint resolution that would effectively end the reciprocal and 10 percent baseline tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump in early April. Despite three GOP members voting in favor of passage, the absence of two senators left the vote on the resolution tied at 49-49. The absence of Sens.
California sues to stop tariffs levied under economic emergency

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

California sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration Wednesday to stop the import tariffs levied under a 1977 law, saying the statute doesn’t give the president the emergency powers he used to justify the action. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asks the judge to find the tariffs unlawful and void them. The complaint says the International Economic Emergency Powers Act doesn’t authorize the use of tariffs.
As Republicans defend trade agenda, Trump changes course

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith and other Republicans on the panel were giving a robust defense of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policy Wednesday even as the president was making a sharp course correction by pausing and lowering tariffs on 75 unspecified countries.
Trump pauses tariffs for 75 unspecified countries, raises levy on China

1 month ago | arcamax.com | Olivia Bridges

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is pausing and lowering reciprocal tariffs on 75 countries that have called for trade negotiations and will raise tariffs on goods imports from China to 125%, effective immediately. Trump announced the change in policy on Truth Social, altering a course he set only last week. The news caught Republicans in Congress off guard.
Four Republicans help Democrats pass measure to end Canadian tariffs

2 months ago | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

Four Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate to pass, 51-48, a joint resolution Wednesday that would effectively end President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on Canadian goods in a vote that revealed GOP resistance to the administration’s sweeping trade agenda. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was a co-sponsor of the measure offered by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. Republican Sens.
Trump fires Democratic FTC commissioners Slaughter, Bedoya

2 months ago | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

President Donald Trump fired the two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, leaving only two members of a five-person agency that is traditionally independent of the White House. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya disclosed the firings, and both called the move “illegal.” The agency has been tasked for over a century with promoting competition and protecting consumers from unfair business practices. “Why? Because I have a voice.
USDA $1 billion plan for bird flu, egg prices includes imports, 'backyard chickens'

Feb 26, 2025 | thebrunswicknews.com | Olivia Bridges

WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department on Wednesday said it will spend $1 billion to tackle the bird flu in a campaign to address soaring egg prices that appears, in a departure for the administration, to acknowledge the importance of imports to keep prices down. The USDA said it will use the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide the funding to address a virus that has sickened 138 flocks in the last 30 days.
Senate confirms Greer to be the US trade representative - Roll Call

Feb 26, 2025 | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

The Senate confirmed Jamieson Greer to be U.S. trade representative, a post that will initially require him to examine case-by-case tariffs.
Senate confirms Greer to be the US trade representative

Feb 26, 2025 | thebrunswicknews.com | Olivia Bridges

WASHINGTON - The Senate voted 56-43 on Wednesday to confirm Jamieson Greer to be the U.S. trade representative, a post where he'll initially be tasked with developing a plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partners on a case-by-case basis. Greer will carry out President Donald Trump's trade agenda as the White House ramps up its efforts to impose levies on imports.
Craig, on defense over Democrats' agriculture priorities, eyes Senate run

Feb 26, 2025 | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

House Agriculture ranking member Angie Craig, with one eye on a Senate run in 2026, faces a daunting task in delivering legislative benefits to her constituents in the next two years. Craig, D-Minn., became the panel’s top Democrat just as the majority Republicans began looking at steep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as part of the budget reconciliation process. Those cuts, in turn, would make drafting a bipartisan farm bill a much bigger lift for the committee.