Lawmakers say the Trump administration’s secrecy around the funds parked in an overseas bank could lead to corruption, and that the arrangement skirts congressional oversight and the law.
A refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. President Trump’s asserted in a social media post last month that hundreds of millions of dollars in Venezuelan oil proceeds would be “controlled by me.”
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting a bid by G.O.P. leaders to continue skirting a law that requires the House to vote promptly on measures challenging President Trump’s tariffs.
House Republicans had shielded their members from having to choose between supporting tariffs many of their constituents opposed and angering President Trump by voting to cancel them.
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