Current Events > what?Senate Republicans defy Trump vote against tariffs FOXNEWS WARNING

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-republicans-defy-vances-warning-vote-block-trumps-brazil-tariffs-amid-shutdown

Senate Republicans offered a rare rebuke against President Donald Trump and his trade strategy on Tuesday, despite still remaining largely in lockstep amid the ongoing government shutdown.

A handful of Senate Republicans joined Senate Democrats to end Trumps use of emergency powers to implement steep, 50% tariffs on Brazil. While the resolution, led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., advanced from the upper chamber, it cant be taken up in the House until early next year.

Thats because House Republicans recently passed a rule that would not allow the chamber to consider legislation dealing with Trumps tariffs until January of next year.

Five Senate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, joined all Senate Democrats to advance the resolution with a 52-48 vote.
Their defection from their GOP colleagues comes after Vice President JD Vance warned lawmakers not to vote against Trumps usage of tariffs during Senate Republicans closed-door lunch earlier on Tuesday.

Vance argued after the lunch that tariffs give Trump leverage to craft new trade deals that benefit the country and urged Republicans not to break ranks against the president.

"To vote against that is to strip that incredible leverage from the president of the United States. I think it's a huge mistake and I know most of the people in there agree with me," he said.

Trump initially used emergency powers to enact stiffer tariffs on Brazil in July and argued "that the scope and gravity of the recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat" to the U.S.

Just 5 though.

"It makes no sense to impose tariffs on Brazil, and its just being done to back up the presidents friend," Kaine told reporters ahead of the vote.

Paul argued that "emergencies are like war, famine, tornado, not liking someone's tariffs is not an emergency."

who the fuck at FoxNews is reporting this!!!! did a liberal sneak in!!

Eat shit JD

Very surprised to see Mitch McConnell. Not surprising that a large swath of senate republicans are backing Trump.

Political theater

Johnson will never put up to a vote in the house and even if he's forced to and it passes, Trump will just veto it and it dies.

rideshort posted...

Very surprised to see Mitch McConnell.

The turtle isn't running for re-election, he's got nothing to lose.

008Zulu posted...

The turtle isn't running for re-election, he's got nothing to lose.

Right. Same with Tillis.

Remind me what Brazil did to piss off putin's bitch?

Thermador446 posted...

Remind me what Brazil did to piss off putin's bitch?

The sent Brazillian Trump to jail.

008Zulu posted...

The turtle isn't running for re-election, he's got nothing to lose.

Idk Trump could turn on him and make up fake charges Pam Bondi will pretend are real