Four Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution to repeal President Trump’s global tariffs, which included sharper rates on longtime allies such as the European Union, Japan and South Korea.
The GOP sponsor of the resolution was Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for it.
same proposal Failed in the Senate in late April on a 50–49 vote after Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to defeat it.
Crucially, McConnell and Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (R-I), who voted for the resolution on Thursday, missed the vote in the spring.
The one-page Senate joint resolution simply declares that the national emergency declaration that Trump enacted on April 2, which the President called “Liberation Day,” to authorize sweeping reciprocating tariffs on countries around the world will be “expired” on the date of its enactment.
Passage of the measure is a symbolic victory for critics of Trump’s trade policies, but it will have little practical effect because Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is unlikely to bring it up for a vote in the House and Trump would almost certainly veto anything that would curtail his power.
Senator Ron Wyden (Ore.), the lead Democratic sponsor of the proposal, said Trump’s tariffs increased costs for ordinary Americans.
“American families are coming under pressure as prices continue to rise. More than three-quarters of families say their monthly expenses have increased by more than $100 per month,” he said at the forum.
The Senate voted earlier this week to end Trump’s hefty tariffs on Canada and Brazil.
However, none of these bills are expected to receive a vote in the House.
Paul, Collins, Murkowski and McConnell voted on Wednesday Eliminate 35 percent tariff against Canada And those same four Republicans and Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) voted Tuesday Eliminate 50 percent tariffs on Brazil,
