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S.J.Res. 81 (119th): A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.

A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.

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Recorded summary

This joint resolution would terminate the national emergency that President Trump declared in a July 30, 2025 executive order. That order imposed an additional 40% tariff on certain imports from Brazil based on the emergency declaration. The order exempted certain products, including civil aircraft and parts, wood pulp, precious metals, energy products, and fertilizers.

appropriationsdebt_spendingemergency_powers_reviewforeign_policy_tradetariffstrade_policy

Theological note: The issue touches on the proper limits of executive authority and on whether emergency powers are being used with restraint and accountability under law, which Scripture's concern for lawful, bounded authority bears on. Tariff policy itself is a prudential question of trade and economic judgment, and the bill does not clearly involve a direct moral evil such as injustice to persons or the advancing of a named moral harm.

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Recorded votes

Roll 594 · October 28, 2025, 06:10 PM · On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 81 · Joint Resolution Passed (52-48)

Yea 52 · Nay 48 · Other 0

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None recorded.

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