Kaine Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to End Trump’s Global Tariffs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), alongside U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to challenge President Donald Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) tariffs on global imports. The vote came shortly after newly released inflation data showed that consumer prices rose in September at their fastest pace in eight months, and after the Senate voted to pass two separate resolutions led by Kaine to challenge the Trump Administration’s tariffs on goods from Canada and Brazil.

“President Trump’s broad-based global tariffs—the largest tax increase in a generation—are making prices go up for Virginia families and creating uncertainty that hurts our businesses,” said Kaine. “With the holidays right around the corner, the harm created by these new taxes is only going to get worse. I’m glad the Senate fulfilled its constitutional duty to weigh in on matters of taxation by voting to undo them. If the House fails to take up this legislation, it will show that Republicans are fine with punishing American families and businesses with higher prices, fewer jobs, and slower growth.”

The National Emergencies Act states that the U.S. House of Representatives must vote on this legislation within 18 days.

Specifically, the legislation would terminate the emergency that Trump declared in order to slap tariffs of up to 41% on products Americans buy from other countries. In the wake of Trump’s tariff declaration, costs have increased, manufacturers have laid off thousands of workers and halted domestic investments, and foreign countries have sharply cut purchases of American agricultural exports.

Full text of the legislation is available here.

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