Top Republican wants President Trump to get congressional approval for tariffs

A day after President Trump imposed at minimum 10% tariff on all U.S. imports, a senior Senate Republican introduced a bill requiring the president to get permission from Congress to impose new tariffs, alongside a Democratic co-sponsor

Senators Chuck Grassley and Marie Cantwell contend Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress explicit authority over tariffs and commerce

Starting in the 1930s, Congress gave President's approval to negotiate trade deals and either impose

or adjust new tariffs. Now they want Congress to take that power back

We can't afford a trade war that lasts for two or three years, leaving our product off

the shelves. We must reassert Congress's role over trade policy, ensure that a rule-based

trade system is based on transparency, consistency, and the benefits of the American public

The bill is called the Trade Review Act of 2025, and it would require the president to notify

Congress of new tariffs within 48 hours. Those tariffs would automatically terminate after 60 days

unless both houses of Congress approve a joint resolution allowing them to continue. Congress could

also pass a resolution of disapproval, which would terminate the tariffs immediately. The president

would also have to tell Congress why he imposing the new tariffs and give an assessment of the potential impacts on businesses and consumers Trade is a rules system You have to have predictability That why you negotiate agreements based on rules and you establish rules

Our biggest economic opportunities right now are outside the United States. So let's open up markets and let's have more exports

The president would also have to tell Congress why he's imposing the new tariffs

and give an assessment of the potential impacts on businesses and consumers

It will be quite difficult to make this bill a law. The president isn't going to sign something that weakens his ability to act unilaterally

so he'll veto it. That means Congress will need a two-thirds vote in both chambers to override the veto

It will be equally difficult to pass a resolution to end the emergency declaration President Trump is using to impose tariffs on Canada

The Senate approved the resolution Wednesday night. The House, under the leadership of Speaker Mike Johnson, appears unlikely to approve it

because it in essence tells the president he made a mistake, and Congress is overruling him

If the Speaker really cares about the American people and the costs they would bear by these tariffs

he should call back the House and take up the Senate bill immediately. Johnson sent the House home for a week on Tuesday

after a vote on bill's key to President Trump's agenda failed. The Chamber isn't scheduled to return until Monday

I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News. For more reporting, download the S-A-N-app