Cosponsor the Trade Review Act

The Constitution gives Congress the power to tax, but tariffs worth $264 billion in 2025 were set by the president alone.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked October 14, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Tariffs Who really pays tariffs, and what they cost families

The Letter

Subject Cosponsor the Trade Review Act and Give Congress a Vote on Tariffs

Tariffs are taxes, and the Constitution gives the power to tax to Congress, not the president. For the past year that power has been used almost entirely from the White House, and my family has paid for it at the checkout line.

In 2025, importers paid $264 billion in tariffs, more than three times the year before, and much of that cost was passed along in higher prices. The Supreme Court struck down most of those tariffs in February, but new ones were put in place within days under other laws, again without a vote in Congress. The tariffs in force now still cost the average household about $1,100 a year.

Whatever you think of any single tariff, a tax this large should not be set without a vote by the people we elect. The Trade Review Act would require the president to tell Congress within 48 hours of any new tariff and would end it after 60 days unless Congress passes a resolution approving it. Senators from both parties already support it.

Please cosponsor the Trade Review Act, S. 1272 in the Senate and H.R. 2665 in the House, so that Congress votes on the taxes families pay.

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I'm calling to ask my member of Congress to cosponsor the Trade Review Act, S. 1272 in the Senate or H.R. 2665 in the House.
Importers paid $264 billion in tariffs in 2025, and the tariffs still in force cost the average household about $1,100 a year.
The bill makes the president notify Congress within 48 hours of a new tariff and ends it after 60 days unless Congress passes a resolution approving it.
It already has Republican and Democratic cosponsors. Please add your name so Congress votes on the taxes families pay.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

$264 billion in customs duties paid by importers in 2025, more than triple 2024 (source)
60 days a new tariff would last under the Trade Review Act unless Congress passes a resolution approving it (source)
7 and 6 Republican and Democratic cosponsors of the Senate bill, S. 1272 (source)

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