Bipartisan senators' bill would require Congress to approve new tariffs

Two elder lawmakers person introduced a bipartisan measure that would reassert Congress' powers implicit U.S. tariffs, a time aft President Donald Trump announced a caller wide-ranging tariff strategy during his "Liberation Day" code connected Wednesday.

Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., connected Thursday introduced the Trade Review Act of 2025, which would necessitate the president to notify Congress astir immoderate caller tariffs wrong 48 hours of imposition. 

The measure besides requires that Trump supply an mentation of the rationale on with an investigation of the tariffs’ imaginable interaction connected the U.S. economy. Congress would person to o.k. the caller tariffs wrong 60 days oregon let them to expire.

If enacted, the measure would displacement definite commercialized policymaking powers from the enforcement subdivision to the Congress. 

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, appears during a confirmation proceeding successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 30. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"For excessively long, Congress has delegated its wide authorization to modulate interstate and overseas commerce to the enforcement branch," Grassley, a Trump ally who is skeptical of tariffs, said successful a statement. 

"Building connected my erstwhile efforts arsenic Finance Committee Chairman, I’m joining Senator Cantwell to present the bipartisan Trade Review Act of 2025 to reassert Congress’ law relation and guarantee Congress has a dependable successful commercialized policy," helium continued.

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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks during a quality briefing astatine the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected July 9, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Cantwell said successful a connection that Trump’s tariffs would wounded sectors specified arsenic agriculture, manufacturing and exertion and person reverberating effects connected consumers.

"Ultimately, consumers volition wage the price," Cantwell said successful a statement. "It's clip for Congress to instrumentality action to antagonistic the president's commercialized war."

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Grassley's location authorities of Iowa heavy relies connected workplace harvest exports, portion Cantwell's Washington authorities is location to galore export-heavy companies specified arsenic Boeing.

Trump connected Thursday compared the tariffs to a aesculapian operation, and said the "patient lived, and is healing." "The prognosis is that the diligent volition beryllium acold stronger, bigger, better, and much resilient than ever before," helium wrote connected Truth Social.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Thursday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Thursday's measure was introduced aft 4 Republican senators joined Democrats successful approving a abstracted resolution connected Wednesday that would repeal Trump's exigency declaration levying tariffs connected Canadian imports. Grassley was not 1 of the Republican defectors. The solution is apt dormant connected accomplishment successful the House.