Some Senate Republicans Defect To Rebuke Trump’s Tariffs On Canada
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The vote highlights GOP dissent on the president's trade policies.
Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to pass a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada on Wednesday.
The 50-46 vote is largely symbolic since the Republican-led House won’t be advancing the measure, but it still highlights GOP dissent toward aspects of Trump’s trade policy. Wednesday’s vote also follows another vote on Tuesday when the Senate passed a resolution aimed at blocking Trump’s tariffs on Brazil.
The Senate is set to take a third vote on Trump’s tariffs, focusing on a slew of other countries, on Thursday.
Wednesday’s resolution would nullify the emergency declaration Trump used to impose the tariffs on Canada if it passed both chambers of Congress.
GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine) voted with Democrats to support the measure rebuking the levies on Canada.
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