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Congress Not Needed to Issue $2,000 Tariff Rebate Checks, Trump Says

President Donald Trump commits to rebate checks and paying down the national debt with tariff revenues.
Congress Not Needed to Issue $2,000 Tariff Rebate Checks, Trump Says
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Andrew Moran
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President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he does not need Congress to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks.

“I don’t think we would have to go to the Congress, but we'll find out,” Trump told reporters one day before attending the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Andrew Moran
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Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of "The War on Cash."