White House threatens veto over Senate challenge to Trump’s trade measures
- The Trump administration issued a formal veto threat regarding a Senate resolution aiming to terminate the president's emergency trade powers, according to a statement of administration policy from the White House Office of Management and Budget .
- Senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul are co-leading the effort to eliminate the emergency declaration related to tariffs, which can be challenged with a simple majority vote in both chambers.
- The White House OMB stated that passing the resolution would undermine U.S. National and economic security.
- Paul criticized the president's tariffs, asserting that tariffs are taxes and should be controlled by Congress and not the president.
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Senate GOP faces key test over Trump tariff policy
Senate Republicans are staring down a second key test on President Trump’s tariff policy in less than a month as Democrats eye a vote this week targeting his “Liberation Day” levies. The upper chamber is expected to vote as early as Wednesday on a resolution backed by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) aimed at scrapping the sweeping tariffs Trump rolled out in early April. Although the item is non-binding and would be dead on arriv…
GOP Senator Expects Enough Support For Resolution Blocking President Trump's Tariffs, White House Says Trump Will Veto * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he expects to have enough support in the Senate to pass a resolution blocking President Trump’s tariffs, CNN reported. “I would call it chicanery. I would call it dishonesty,” Paul said of Johnson’s move to tuck a provison blocking tariff resolutions into a rule. “I mean, it's just a terrible idea that he's actually overturning the law with a rule.” — Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 28, 2025 “Congress – not the president – …
Trump Vows to Veto Rand Paul Law to Curb Tariffs
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., reportedly said he is “a Republican and a supporter of President Donald Trump,” but said he has the votes in the Senate to strip the presidential authority on tariffs to give it to what Trump says is a do-nothing Congress. Trump has frequently warned Congress about reducing the authority of the president and forcing America to do nothing as Congress has for decades – failing to balance free-and-fair foreign trade or rootin…
White House Warns It Will Veto Senate Resolution to Terminate Trump’s Tariffs
The White House on April 28 warned that President Donald Trump will veto a Senate resolution that seeks to terminate the administration’s global tariffs. In a statement of policy, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said the Trump administration “strongly opposes” a joint resolution led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and several other Democrats—along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)—that would suspend…
GOP Sen. Rand Paul Says He Has the Votes to Block Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs — White House Fires Back, Threatens VETO | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
In a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bold new tariff plan aimed at rebalancing America’s broken trade system and protecting U.S. manufacturing, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has announced he has the votes in the Senate to pass a resolution that would effectively kill the America First tariffs.
White House threatens to veto Senate resolution terminating 'Liberation Day' Trump tariffs
President Donald Trump will veto a Senate resolution aimed at ending his global tariffs, even though the measure has bipartisan support. The White House warned several lawmakers in a letter sent to congressional offices. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., are supporting the resolution.Paul, who has been a fierce critic of Trump’s tariffs, recently told the Wall Street Journal that he is "not alone" in his skepticism of the adminis…
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