Speaker of the US House of Representatives: The House will still give the "green light" to Trump's global tariff plan

Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, said on Monday that even if some Republican lawmakers publicly implored Trump to negotiate a way to remove the tariffs before they took effect on Wednesday, the House would still provide "space" for Trump to implement his massive global tariff regime. "We'll give him the space he needs to implement policy and see how things go," Johnson said. The speaker went on to say that Trump was "actively engaged and trying to address" the trade deficit. The opposition within the Republican Party came in the form of bipartisan legislation aimed at taking back congressional power over tariffs from the president. The move comes after Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell and Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced legislation to limit the president's unilateral power to impose tariffs. U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) plans to introduce a House version of the legislation on Monday. Johnson declined on Monday to publicly commit to bringing the revised Senate budget plan to the House floor for a vote this week, amid strong opposition from a group of fiscal conservatives. However, some senior Republican aides said the current plan remains for a final vote on Wednesday afternoon as originally planned. (Kim X)