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Senate adopts resolution urging rollback of recent federal tariffs after heated debate
Summary
The California State Senate on July 17 adopted Senate Joint Resolution 7 urging the federal government to rescind recent broad tariffs, after hours of floor debate in which members from both parties described potential harms to consumers, farmers and manufacturers.
The California State Senate on July 17 adopted Senate Joint Resolution 7, a nonbinding measure urging the president to rescind sweeping federal tariffs that lawmakers said are raising costs for California households and businesses.
The measure’s author, Senator Susan T. Cervantes, said the tariffs amount to “tariffs are taxes and they fuel inflation,” and argued the policy is already hurting small businesses, farmers and working families. She urged colleagues to send a clear message to Washington that the tariffs are “causing real harm to working families and small businesses across California.”
Supporters said the tariffs raise prices on everyday goods, damage export markets for California agriculture and erode the state’s trade…
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