Vote passes 52-48 with Republican support in rare bipartisan rebuke of US president’s trade policies
The US Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president’s trade war.
The vote passed 52-48.
The resolution, led by Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat of Virginia, seeks to overturn the national emergency that Trump has declared to justify the levies. But it is all but certain to stall in the US House, where the Republican-controlled chamber acted to pre-emptively shut down any attempt to block the president’s tariffs.
And he will simply ignore that. He is King. He no longer cares for what was once “the law”.
Why does this only affect Brazil? Was that a separate “emergency”?
Coffee and beef prices.
Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products
We’ve found Republicans’ limit: Don’t fuck with people’s coffee.
Barely a limit. Only five of them were on board with it.
As if they give a shit about other people’s coffee.
“don’t fuck with my coffee!”
Also beef.
beef and caffeine addiction smdh
Beeffeine factories in Texas confirmed.
So apparently a coffee or espresso dry rub steak is a thing. As is coca-cola or dr pepper marinade. So yes, you can have caffeinated steak.
But it is all but certain to stall in the US House
More meaningless legislative theater. Wake me up when something actually has a chance of getting through both chambers.
Ok doomer
No, no, they need to feed you these pretend victories to make you believe action is happening and that is not just one giant grift that they’re all in on. Be sure to donate what little you can afford so that these millionaires can continue the fight against injustice!
Even if it passed the house, wouldn’t Trump just veto it?
He’s pretty stupid, might just sign it without thinking and then say they tricked him when Fox News tells him what he did.
The legislation passed in a 52-48 vote, with five Republicans – senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and the former Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky – joining all Democrats in favor.
I wonder which of these Republicans would still vote for this if it weren’t an empty gesture.
A gesture, even an empty one, against Trump can have real consequences. He fucking threatened Canada with tarrifs over an ad he didn’t like.
So this isn’t nothing, even if it’s not going to produce the desired outcome.
True, but I still think it’s interesting to consider if some of these people wouldn’t have been willing to vote for something with consequences. Or if some people who didn’t vote for this would have been willing to vote for something with consequences.
Cool canada next
