Overview
- Four Republicans — Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski — joined Democrats to pass the resolution.
- The action capped a third straight day of votes after separate measures targeting Trump’s tariffs on Brazil and Canada also passed the Senate.
- The resolutions seek to terminate national emergency declarations under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that enabled a 10% baseline tariff and higher, targeted rates such as 35% on Canadian goods.
- The measures are unlikely to take effect because House Republican rules prevent floor consideration and the president would be expected to veto any bill curbing his tariff authority.
- As lawmakers voted, Trump said he would cut tariffs on China after talks with Xi Jinping and announced a pledge by China to buy 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually for three years, with the Supreme Court set to hear tariff authority arguments on Nov. 5.