Congress Must Reassert Power over Tariffs

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Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that Congress should reassert its authority to approve tariffs by passing the Trade Review Act of 2025, which would require a joint resolution of approval for the new tariffs and allow Congress to end tariffs with a resolution of disapproval.

Host Wolf Blitzer said, “You and Republican Senator Chuck Grassley actually introduced a bill to reassert congressional authority over U.S. trade policies. How would this bill achieve that? And do you think there’s enough support for this legislation to pass both the Senate and the House?”

Cantwell said, “We thought it was critical that we get this discussion going. The fact that Congress’s duty and responsibility is not just interstate commerce but foreign commerce. Senator Grassley, as a former chairman of the Finance Committee, has played a key…

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