{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-applauds-senate-passage-of-bipartisan-legislation-to-repeal-trumps-global-tariffs-calls-on-house-to-take-up-final-passage/", "Welch Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Repeal Trump\u2019s Global Tariffs, Calls on House to Take Up Final Passage", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "VT", "Peter Welch", "W000800", "www.welch.senate.gov", "welch", "https://www.welch.senate.gov/category/press-release/page/", "scraper", "Bill to reverse Trump\u2019s price-hiking global tariffs passed the Senate with bipartisan support\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in applauding the Senate\u2019s passage of their bipartisan legislation to repeal Donald Trump\u2019s global tariffs. The measure passed on a 51-47 vote this afternoon. The Senators introduced a similar measure in April, which narrowly failed. The resolution, along with the similar resolutions to repeal the tariffs on products Americans buy from Canada and Brazil, next heads to the House.\n\n\u201cThe Senate\u2019s passage of our bipartisan resolution makes it crystal clear: we will not continue to sit by and relinquish our authority on trade policy while the President\u2019s trade war throws families into financial crisis. Trump\u2019s tariffs have been especially brutal for Vermont\u2019s economy, farmers, and businesses\u2013and the same is true for folks in red and blue states across the country,\u201d said Senator Welch. \u201cI applaud my colleagues who crossed the aisle to help us pass this vital legislation to reassert the Senate\u2019s constitutional authority on what tariff policy should be in this country. The House must urgently take up and pass this legislation to prevent President Trump\u2019s reckless tariffs from ruining more lives and livelihoods.\u201d\n\n\u201cFor the third day in a row, bipartisan senators have made it clear that it\u2019s time to put a stake in the heart of Donald Trump\u2019s job-killing trade taxes,\u201d said Senator Wyden. \u201cThese three Senate-passed bills are now pending in the House, where Speaker Johnson has done everything in his power to ensure they won\u2019t get a vote. Every time Americans pay more for their TV, groceries or car payment they\u2019re going to know it\u2019s because House Republicans were too afraid to vote to protect them. I\u2019ll continue working with my colleagues to give Republicans opportunities to put their constituents ahead of blind loyalty to Donald Trump.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis week, the Senate sent a strong message to the administration: Trump\u2019s erratic tariffs and irrational trade war is an illegal tax driving up costs on the American people,\u201d said Leader Schumer. \u201cCongressional authority must be reasserted over trade. The livelihood of the American people and small businesses are at stake. I urge the House to drop their fealty to Trump, stand up for the American people, and pass the repeal of these damaging global tariffs.\u201d\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s broad-based global tariffs are making prices go up for Virginia families and creating uncertainty that hurts our businesses,\u201d said Senator Kaine. \u201cWith the holidays right around the corner, the harm created by these new taxes are only going to get worse. I\u2019m glad the Senate fulfilled its constitutional duty to weigh in on matters of taxation by voting to undo these disastrous tariffs. 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.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is past time to end this so-called \u2018national emergency\u2019 that has increased prices for families and businesses alike through an unprecedented tariff tax on Americans,\u201d said Senator Shaheen. \u201cThe President does not have the authority to unilaterally hike taxes on Americans, throw our trade system and manufacturers into disarray and raise prices on household goods.\u201d\n\nIn the wake of Trump\u2019s global tariffs 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.\n\nThis bipartisan measure would terminate the emergency that President Trump declared. 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