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Senate Passes Resolution to End Trump's Global Tariffs Amid Republican Dissent

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The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump's global tariffs, marking a symbolic rebuke of his trade policy. Despite Republican opposition, the measure passed with a 51-47 vote, thanks to the support of four Republican senators: Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitch McConnell. The resolution seeks to terminate emergency declarations from the president, which were used to justify the tariffs.

Key Takeaways:

  • Four Republican senators, Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Mitch McConnell, crossed the aisle to advance the measure, which seeks to end Trump's global tariffs.
  • The resolution is not expected to be taken up by the House, as House Republicans previously blocked members from forcing a vote on the president's tariffs.
  • Senator Tim Kaine, a co-sponsor of the resolution, acknowledged that the House will not take up his measure, but insisted that adopting anti-tariff resolutions will send a strong message to the president.
  • Senator McConnell, a key backer of the resolution, stated that tariffs make both building and buying in America more expensive, and that the economic harms of trade wars are not the exception to history, but the rule.
  • The resolution marks a third consecutive day of Republican senators objecting to Trump's trade policy, with Sens. Paul, Murkowski, and Collins voting for separate resolutions targeting Trump's tariffs on Canada and Brazil.
  • President Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify the tariffs has been criticized by Senator Kaine, who compared congressional oversight of the executive to a muscle that has to be exercised regularly.
  • The measure is not expected to become law, but rather serves as a symbolic rebuke of the president's trade policy.

Statistics:

  • 51-47: The vote tally in the Senate for the resolution to end Trump's global tariffs.
  • 4: The number of Republican senators who joined Democrats to object to the president's trade policy.
  • 3: The number of resolutions passed by the Senate targeting Trump's tariffs on Canada and Brazil.
  • 1: The International Emergency Economic Powers Act used by President Trump to justify the tariffs, which has been criticized by Senator Kaine.

Sources:

  • (CNN) —
  • (CNN) —
  • CNN, Senate, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, Tim Kaine

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