Bill
S.J.Res. 37 (119th): A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
Summary
Recorded summary
This joint resolution would terminate the national emergency declared by President Trump on February 1, 2025, which imposed an additional 25% tariff on most imports from Canada, with Canadian energy or energy resources subject to an additional 10% tariff. It originated in the Senate.
Theological note: The measure bears on the Christian duties of just dealing in commerce, neighborly peace with Canada, and the limits of executive power under the rule of law. Tariff levels are a prudential matter, but the use of emergency declarations to impose broad economic penalties raises questions of constitutional order and proper authority. This is a question of issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: emergency_powers. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
- Lane: government_overreach. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: trade_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
- Roll 160: On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 37. Vote type: final_passage.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill concerns a prudential trade dispute over tariffs, which does not directly advance or restrain a named moral harm. It does touch a legitimate concern about executive use of emergency powers to impose broad economic measures, which can be read as restraining overreach. Because the operative effect is terminating a tariff measure, the classification is mixed rather than a clear good or evil.
- Theological note: The measure bears on the Christian duties of just dealing in commerce, neighborly peace with Canada, and the limits of executive power under the rule of law. Tariff levels are a prudential matter, but the use of emergency declarations to impose broad economic penalties raises questions of constitutional order and proper authority. This is a question of issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 160 · April 2, 2025, 07:00 PM · On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 37 · Joint Resolution Passed (51-48)
Yea
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KELLY, MARK
- KIM, ANDY
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- MURRAY, PATTY
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PAUL, RAND
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
Nay
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER