Politics
Congress can take tariff power back
The Constitution gives tariff authority to Congress — the debate is over the delegation it has been lending out for ninety years.
Khalid Okonkwo
Politics is covered here because production policy is decided politically. Reporting traces the coalitions behind subsidy programs, tariff protection and infrastructure spending, the regional interests represented, disclosed lobbying, and the votes that produced each outcome. Framing stays on interests and procedure rather than party. For readers tracking where support will hold.
The coalitions, votes and lobbying that decide which industries get subsidy, protection or neglect, reported without partisan framing.
The Constitution gives tariff authority to Congress — the debate is over the delegation it has been lending out for ninety years.
Khalid Okonkwo