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Gifted article: https://on.ft.com/42452BW

Excerpt: "Trump’s tariff policy is based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the president broad power to regulate international commerce to deal with extraordinary threats and a declared national emergency. He has declared that our long-standing trade relationships with dozens of countries suddenly constitute that kind of national emergency. They do not. Under the terms of the law, Congress can pass a resolution reversing that declaration. Senator Ron Wyden and I introduced a bipartisan resolution that will force a simple majority vote and could put an end to this sabotage of our economy."

Congress can pass a resolution reversing that declaration.

What Congress?

A resolution has no teeth. Even if it passes, it is non-binding.

And the Felon has already said he will veto an actual bill that limits his tariff power. I'm pretty sure that such a bill wouldn't make it to the floor under Johnson, and even if it did, it wouldn't have enough votes to overcome a veto.

From a political standpoint, it's something you can campaign on. But it won't make any difference this year.

The resolution would be binding. Congress can terminate the declared emergency with a joint resolution (see 50 U.S. Code § 1622 - National emergencies). A 2/3 vote is needed to override a veto. All Democrats together with about 1/3 of Republicans can terminate the declared emergency.

The "national emergency posed by the large and persistent trade deficit" was declared on April 2, 2025.

House of Reps.  seats  votesNeeded  percent
  Republican     220       73         33%
  Democratic     213       213        100%
    total        433       286        66%

This possible vote exerts political pressure to lower the tariffs. Congress can lower tariffs, and avoid the recession that high tariffs will cause.

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Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it, April 4, 2025
"McConnell and three other Republicans joined with Democrats this week to help pass a resolution that would nullify Trump’s tariffs on Canada, sending a rebuke to the president just hours after his “Liberation Day” announcement. But House Speaker Mike Johnson quickly indicated he has no interest in giving the resolution a vote. Lawmakers’ struggle to act showed the divide among Republicans on trade policy, with a mostly younger group of Republicans fiercely backing Trump’s strategy. Rather than heed traditional free trade doctrine, they argue for “America First” protectionism and hope it will revive U.S. manufacturing."
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-republica...

‘Economic sabotage’: Mass. Sen. Warren rolls out bipartisan plan to repeal Trump’s tariffs, April 08, 2025
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/04/economic...

International Emergency Economic Powers Act
50 U.S. Code § 1706 (b) Congressional termination of national emergencies by concurrent resolution
"The authorities described in subsection (a)(1) may not continue to be exercised under this section if the national emergency is terminated by the Congress by concurrent resolution pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act [50 U.S.C. 1622] and if the Congress specifies in such concurrent resolution that such authorities may not continue to be exercised under this section."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1706

OK...there are two types of resolutions. The one that has force of law is veto-able. In which case, you'll need to get 73 Reps on board. Good luck. Never happen.

Not sure how that differs from a bill, then. The resolution is usually just a statement of opinion that has no teeth, and is not veto-able. If a binding resolution is passed, it seems to me to be like a bill that could/would become law if signed.

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