Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced to Repeal Tariffs on Coffee
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced a bill Oct. 29 to repeal reciprocal tariffs that apply to coffee imports.
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“The United States doesn’t grow coffee and taxing it won’t create a single American job. What it will do is raise prices for families and small businesses because the president is using an emergency declaration as an excuse to raise taxes. The Constitution is clear about where taxing power belongs, and it isn’t in the Oval Office. Tariffs are taxes, and no president has the authority to raise taxes on a whim. We must follow the Constitution and stop treating it like a suggestion,” Paul said in a press release announcing the introduction.
"I have said from the beginning: there’s a smart way to use tariffs to help support American businesses and workers, but taxing your morning cup of coffee isn’t it," Cortez Masto said in the release. "It’s past time to end Trump’s coffee tax."
A companion bill was introduced in the House by Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. (see 2509220002).