Tariff extensions off the table for Senate Democrats as Trump rages over Supreme Court loss
Source: Courthouse News Service
February 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (CN) — Senate Democrats said Monday they would block any effort to extend a new round of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump over the weekend, effectively dooming the White House’s latest set of import duties to expire this summer. It’s a move that comes just days after the president said he would use alternative methods to continue unilaterally imposing tariffs on foreign countries following a Supreme Court ruling that blocked him from taking such action without congressional approval.
Trump on Saturday signed an executive order implementing a temporary 10% global tariff on goods imported into the U.S. from abroad. As legal backing for the new trade restrictions, the White House cited Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, a provision which allows the president to impose temporary tariffs as a response to economic instability.
Hours after he announced the new tariffs, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that he was hiking the rate to 15%, the maximum allowed under his Section 122 authority. But according to the law, the White House can only impose Section 122 tariffs for a period of 150 days unless Congress approves an extension. Without such action from lawmakers, Trump’s latest tariff regime would likely expire sometime in July.
And in a statement Monday morning, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer poured cold water on the idea that Congress could vote to extend the Section 122 duties. “Senate Democrats will continue to fight back against Trump’s tariff tax and will block any attempt to extend these harmful tariffs when they expire this summer,” said Schumer. “Democrats will not go along with furthering Trump’s economic carnage.”
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