Resolution to End National Emergency Regarding Brazilian Imports
September 18, 2025
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Current status: passed_chamber.
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If passed, this resolution would end the legal authority for the current tariffs on Brazilian imports established under Executive Order 14323.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Importers of Brazilian goods
The termination of the emergency would remove the legal basis for the duties currently applied to their imports.
Senate Committee on Finance
The committee is responsible for reviewing the resolution before it can proceed to a full Senate vote.
Current stage: passed_chamber.
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Summary
Key Facts
- S.J. Res. 81 mandates the termination of the national emergency declared on July 30, 2025.
- The emergency was originally declared via Executive Order 14323.
- The purpose of the original emergency was to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.
- The resolution cites section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) as the legal basis for termination.
- The resolution was introduced in the Senate on September 18, 2025.
- The resolution has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.
Why It Matters
If passed, this resolution would end the legal authority for the current tariffs on Brazilian imports established under Executive Order 14323.
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Voting Record
Total
100
Yes
52
No
48
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (100)
Josh Hawley
R · no
Cory Booker
D · yes
Roger Marshall
R · no
Bill Cassidy
R · no
Tina Smith
D · yes
Joni Ernst
R · no
John Reed
D · yes
Tim Scott
R · no
Roger Wicker
R · no
Mike Crapo
R · no
Lisa Blunt Rochester
D · yes
Rand Paul
R · yes
Jeff Merkley
D · yes
Shelley Capito
R · no
James Lankford
R · no
Elissa Slotkin
D · yes
Mazie Hirono
D · yes
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R · no
Raphael Warnock
D · yes
John Boozman
R · no
Eric Schmitt
R · no
Mitch McConnell
R · yes
Mike Rounds
R · no
Bernie Sanders
I · yes
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Discoveries
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Bipartisan Legislative Pushback
The resolution is sponsored by a bipartisan group of senators, suggesting broad legislative interest in limiting the President's use of emergency powers for trade duties.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment20Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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