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#Senate Votes to Rescind Some #Trump #Tariffs, With #GOP Support
A measure to cancel some tariffs on #Canada is all but certain to stall in the #House. But with a handful of #Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.
#USpol #economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession #allies #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/politics/senate-democrats-canada-tariffs-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DFF6D016-B52C-437A-ACB8-D08544D2E59E
The #Senate approved a measure to block some of the #tariffs #Trump has imposed on #Canada, w/a handful of #Republicans joining #Democrats to…halt levies set to take effect this week.
The measure is all but certain to stall in the #House, where #GOP leaders moved preemptively to shut down any attempt to end Trump’s tariffs. But Senate passage on a vote of 51 to 48—hours after Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on >100 trading partners…, sent a signal of #bipartisan opposition to Trump’s #TradeWar.
The resolution targets the #EmergencyPowers #Trump invoked in Feb to impose sweeping #tariffs on #Canada, a move that has rattled #markets & drawn bipartisan criticism from lawmakers concerned about the economic impact on their states & districts.
#Trump imposed the #tariffs in an EO that cited the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, a Cold War-era #law that has most often been used to impose #sanctions on rogue states & human rights violators. His admin claimed that unchecked #DrugTrafficking from #Canada constituted a dire threat to #NationalSecurity & used it as justification to unilaterally impose 25% tariffs on America’s closest trading partner.
[IOW — BS]
“The president has justified the imposition of these #tariffs on, in my view, a made-up emergency,” said Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia & the lead sponsor of the resolution. “The #fentanyl emergency is from #Mexico & #China. It’s not from #Canada.”
The resolution… seeks to revoke the emergency declaration &, with it, #Trump’s ability to enforce the tariffs set to go into effect on Wednesday.
Sen #RandPaul of Kentucky was the lone #Republican sponsor of the resolution. But 3 other GOP senators who have expressed unease about the potential economic consequences of #Trump’s trade measures joined him in support: #SusanCollins of Maine, #LisaMurkowski of Alaska & #MitchMcConnell of KY.
“#Tariffs are a terrible mistake,” Paul said ahead of the vote. “They don’t work. They will lead to higher #prices.” He added that he believed they were a #tax & “have historically been bad for our #economy.” Paul also argued that the #EmergencyPowers #Trump used to justify the tariffs was an inappropriate circumventing of powers granted to #Congress, not the president.
How am I agreeing with Aqua Buddha? Has the world gone mad?
@KanaMauna @Nonilex looks like at least some reps found their brain for economy. The fear of losing money might just be great enough.
@Nonilex Those are some of the worst people alive. McConnell in particular would practically vote for something solely for any possibility that it might hurt someone somewhere. If they're against it, Trump is really pushing some buttons...
@nazokiyoubinbou He is pushing the “line go down” button. And all these people want line go up.
@Nonilex
@Nonilex I now truly know I live in a completely upside down bizarro world. I am in accord with Rand Paul.