Overview
- Four Republicans — Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski — joined Democrats to advance a resolution targeting the emergency behind the 10% baseline tariff.
- Earlier in the week, the Senate approved separate measures to unwind Trump’s 35% tariff on Canada and 50% tariff on Brazil.
- The measures are unlikely to advance because House GOP rules block consideration and the president would veto any curtailment of his tariff authority.
- Democrats forced the votes under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as the legality of using that statute for tariffs heads to Supreme Court arguments on Nov. 5.
- Hours before the latest vote, Trump announced tariff reductions for China tied to a pledge to buy U.S. soybeans, which allies framed as evidence that tariffs provide negotiating leverage.