Senate Votes to Roll Back Global Tariffs

The Senate on Thursday passed a 51–47 resolution to terminate the national emergency President Trump invoked to impose sweeping global tariffs, effectively rolling back baseline duties he announced this spring. Four Republican senators — Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski — joined Democrats to approve the measure. It was the third time this week the Senate rejected different tariff actions, including earlier votes on levies tied to Brazil and Canada. The votes are largely symbolic: House GOP rules and Speaker Mike Johnson are expected to prevent House action, and the president would likely veto any repeal that reached his desk. Lawmakers said the tariffs have raised costs for American families and businesses, and legal challenges over the administration’s emergency trade powers may ultimately decide the tariffs’ fate.