Although Senate Republicans believe they have the votes to override a veto preventing President Trump from putting tariffs on Mexico, the president tweeted a quote from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying House Republicans will sustain a veto-proof majority for Trump’s tariffs on Mexico no matter what the Senate does.
Playbook: “As long as McCarthy and House Republicans have the president’s back, the Senate can gripe — but that’s it.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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