{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=03167D56-0ABF-451C-A8B5-451370C8F6BD", "Klobuchar, Kaine, Paul, Warner Bipartisan Bill Challenging President Trump\u2019s Tariffs on Canada Passes Senate", "2025-10-29", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Amy Klobuchar", "K000367", "www.klobuchar.senate.gov", "klobuchar", "https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WATCH A CLIP OF KLOBUCHAR\u2019S REMARKS HERE.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, the U.S. Senate voted 50-46 to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to challenge President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canada.\n\nThe vote came shortly after newly released inflation data showed that consumer prices rose in September at their fastest pace in eight months.\n\n\u201cTonight, the Senate came together and sent President Trump a clear, bipartisan message: he cannot continue to abuse his power and unilaterally wage a trade war against one of our strongest allies. Canada is Minnesota\u2019s top trading partner, but these chaotic tariffs are jeopardizing that relationship\u2014and increasing costs for Minnesota families,\u201d said Klobuchar. \u201cWe can\u2019t afford to keep raising costs, hurting businesses, and eliminating jobs by attacking our neighbor and ally.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn order to strengthen our weakening economy, we need stability and strong relationships around the world\u2014not chaotic trade wars that raise prices, shut American businesses out of foreign markets, and decrease tourism to the U.S.,\u201d said Kaine. \u201cI\u2019m glad a bipartisan majority in the Senate once again reaffirmed that principle and the value of America\u2019s long-standing friendship with Canada tonight. Now it\u2019s time for the House to stop playing procedural tricks to hide from its constitutional responsibility to stop President Trump from abusing his authority to unilaterally impose new taxes on the American people.\u201d\n\nThe National Emergencies Act states that the U.S. House of Representatives must vote on this legislation within 18 days.\n\nSpecifically, the legislation would terminate the February 1 emergency declaration that President Trump used to launch his trade war with Canada, and would eliminate the tariffs on Canadian imports implemented as a result. President Trump\u2019s order cited the IEEPA, an unprecedented use of IEEPA\u2019s emergency provisions in the law\u2019s nearly half-century history. The IEEPA tariffs are among the largest tax increases on American families in recent history.\n\nPublic opinion surveys have overwhelmingly demonstrated that the American people do not support Trump\u2019s trade wars. According to a recent survey by Public First, 43 percent of American adults opposed applying tariffs to Canada. An Economist/YouGov survey found a majority of U.S. adults, 52 percent, were opposed to Trump\u2019s Canada tariffs.\n\nIn 2024, Canada was Minnesota\u2019s largest trading partner \u2013 exporting $7.5 billion in goods to Canada \u2013 accounting for 28 percent of the state\u2019s exports.\n\nThe legislation is supported by the AFL-CIO, United Steelworkers (USW), North America\u2019s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), Conference of Mayors, Public Citizen, National Association of Women Owned Businesses (NAWBO), Mainstreet Alliance, Small Business Majority, National Taxpayers Union, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Apparel & Footwear Association, National Retail Federation, The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA), Consumer Technology Association, We Pay the Tariffs, Foreign Policy for America, and American Craft Spirits Association.\n\nIn addition to Klobuchar, Kaine, Paul, Warner, and Schumer, the legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Peter Welch (D-VT), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Jack Reed (D-RI).\n\nFull text of the legislation is available here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=03167D56-0ABF-451C-A8B5-451370C8F6BD"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5000160783529282, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}