# S.J.Res. 37 (119th): A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.

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

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: emergency_powers. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: government_overreach. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: trade_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 160: On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 37. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill concerns a prudential trade dispute over tariffs, which does not directly advance or restrain a named moral harm. It does touch a legitimate concern about executive use of emergency powers to impose broad economic measures, which can be read as restraining overreach. Because the operative effect is terminating a tariff measure, the classification is mixed rather than a clear good or evil.
Theological note: The measure bears on the Christian duties of just dealing in commerce, neighborly peace with Canada, and the limits of executive power under the rule of law. Tariff levels are a prudential matter, but the use of emergency declarations to impose broad economic penalties raises questions of constitutional order and proper authority. This is a question of issue relevance, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 160: On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 37. Yea 51 · Nay 48 · Other 1.

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