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The one Nevadan who more than any other could help bring Trump to heel — if he wanted to | Opinion

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Rep. Mark Amodei is Nevada ’s only Republican in the Republican -controlled Congress .

Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska reportedly plans to introduce a House version of a bipartisan-backed Senate bill empowering Congress to cancel tariffs ordered by a president.

Ruben Navarrette : Even if Congress passed it, Trump would veto it, and then a whole lot more Republicans would have to find the spine to stand up to Trump .

Some of the damage Trump has already inflicted on the economy, the rule of law, national security, international cooperation, science, human rights, the First Amendment , the system of checks and balances that underly the Constitution , democracy, and the practical workings of the federal government is so severe that fixing what he has broken will take years , assuming it's fixable.

Since he's the state’s only Republican in Congress , Nevada better hope there is..

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