President Donald Trump is prepared to veto a bipartisan Senate resolution targeting his sweeping tariffs, the White House warned Monday.

The Office of Management and Budget sent a statement of administration policy to Congress ahead of a vote expected this week. The move was driven by a group of Democrats led by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY).

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The resolution represents a bipartisan effort to check the executive branch’s use of emergency powers for trade policy. Senate Joint Resolution 49 aims to terminate the national emergency declared by Trump that underpins his tariff policy. 

“This resolution would undermine the Administration’s efforts to address the unusual and extraordinary threats to national security and economic stability, posed by the conditions reflected in the large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficit, by terminating the national emergency the President declared on April 2, 2025,” the administration wrote in the memo.

“If S.J. Res. 49 were presented to the President, he would veto it,” it added.

As of now, S.J.Res. 49 has been read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and awaits the scheduling of a vote. Though Democrats are in the minority, they have the power to force votes on resolutions to end a national emergency under Senate rules.

When Trump announced his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, he cited the authority granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the president broad authority to regulate international trade on national security grounds. He declared a “national emergency” on April 2, saying the lack of reciprocity in bilateral trade relationships constitutes an extraordinary threat to the national security and economy of the United States.

Trump has since paused much of the tariffs for 90 days after stock markets tumbled, and he has sought individual trade deals with dozens of countries.

The veto threat comes after the Senate voted earlier this month to revoke Trump’s emergency declaration for tariffs on Canada, a bipartisan rebuke that is not expected to be taken up in the GOP-led House. 

Four GOP lawmakers supported the effort, including Sens. Paul, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Susan Collins (R-ME).

The White House had earlier warned it would veto a bipartisan bill led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) aimed at giving Congress greater authority over tariff decisions. 

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The bill would mandate that the president inform Congress within 48 hours of implementing new tariffs. It would also require an explanation of the president’s reasoning for imposing or raising the tariff and provide an analysis of the possible effects on U.S. consumers and businesses.

Although Trump’s moves have shaken financial markets and triggered rare, outspoken concern from many Republican lawmakers, efforts to rein in his tariff authority have gained little traction.