Senate Votes to End Trump's Global Tariff Authority

The Senate voted 51–47 to approve joint resolution S.J. Res. 88, nullifying President Trump’s national‑emergency basis for imposing “reciprocal” tariffs on more than 100 countries. Four Republican senators — Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul — joined all Democrats in the rare bipartisan rebuke, the third time this week Republicans crossed party lines to roll back tariffs on Canada, Brazil and now the global measures. Supporters said the tariffs raised costs for American families and harmed sectors such as farming and manufacturing, while critics warned the move is largely symbolic because the Republican‑controlled House and Speaker Mike Johnson are expected to block it and the president would likely veto. The vote came as Trump returned from Asia after a truce with China that included lower Chinese tariffs and other trade concessions, and as the Supreme Court prepares to hear legal challenges to the administration’s use of emergency powers for tariffs. Senators including Ron Wyden and Tim Kaine said the bipartisan Senate opposition could pressure the president and underscored growing fractures in GOP unity over his trade agenda.