{
  "id": 8889715,
  "title": "Why the Senate won’t vote to repeal new Canada tariffs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/why-the-senate-wont-vote-to-repeal-new-canada-tariffs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T09:01:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
    "slug": "semafor",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/09/21/2026/why-the-senate-wont-vote-to-repeal-new-canada-tariffs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump's new Canada tariffs have caused frustration among Democrats and some Republicans, but Congress is unlikely to vote on them before the election. The tariffs were imposed using a nearly century-old law, which removes individual senators' ability to force a vote on the Senate floor like they did with the previous set of Canada tariffs, noted Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. This means that Republican committee chairmen and leaders hold control over any effort to curtail the tariffs, not the rank-and-file Democrats. While Democrats can write bills to block the tariffs, those bills get sent to committees where they are \"bottled up\" under Republican control. Democrats are eyeing pre-election Iran war votes instead. They are pushing for a resolution written by Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., with the goal of holding weekly votes on Iran war until the conflict ends. Democrats are optimistic about succeeding with their Iran war votes, needing only five Republicans to vote with them for a simple majority, despite scheduling challenges. However, the Senate is still focused on a bipartisan college sports bill and Republicans are looking for opportunities to secure votes on regulatory rollbacks in exchange for other votes.",
  "summary": "The president’s use of a nearly century-old law to impose the levies takes away individual senators' ability to force a vote on the Senate floor.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}