US EditionSenate approves bipartisan resolution to end tariffs on Brazil
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved a resolution to nullify President Donald Trump's tariffs on Brazil, covering oil, coffee and orange juice, and would end national emergencies justifying 50% tariffs.
- Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat, invoked a decades-old law to force votes letting Congress block a president's emergency powers, while lower courts have found most tariffs illegal, adding pressure.
- Republican senators including Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina voted with every Democrat, defying Vice President JD Vance's urging and following GOP defections in April.
- However, the measure faces immediate hurdles since the Republican-controlled House passed rules blocking its vote and President Donald Trump would almost certainly veto it.
- The Census Bureau reports a U.S. trade surplus with Brazil last year, while President Donald Trump linked tariffs to Brazil's policies and former President Jair Bolsonaro's prosecution, and Senator Tim Kaine framed votes as a response to repeated economic harm.
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Tiniest Crack In The Wall: Senate Votes To Dump Trump’s Vindictive Brazil Tariffs
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The Senate Republicans Who Voted to End Trump's Emergency Tariffs
Five Senate Republicans sided with Democrats against President Trump’s tariffs on Brazilian imports, voting 52-48 to block these tariffs. The Senate won’t get the resolution through the House and President Trump would never sign it. It’s more ceremonial or CYA in nature. The Republicans in question are the usual: Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, […] The post The Senate Republicans Who Voted to End Trump’s Emergency Tariffs appeared first…
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A U.S. Senate that can’t bring itself to reopen the government managed to pass a bill Tuesday to throw a wrench into President Donald Trump’s tactics of using tariffs as […] The post List: The GOP Senators Who Defected to Defeat Trump Plan for Fair Trade appeared first on The Western Journal.
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