US Senate passes bill with Republican support to rescind Trump’s tariffs on Brazil
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Republicans break ranks as vote passes 52-48 in rare bipartisan rebuke of US president’s trade policies

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.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    151·
    21 hours ago

    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.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      16 hours ago

      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.

      • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        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.