Four Senate Republicans join with Democrats to rebuke Trump tariff policy in key vote

[Wiz Imp]

Source: CNN


Four Senate Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to deliver a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump over trade policy.

The Senate adopted a resolution by a vote of 51 to 48 aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on Canadian imports. The four Republicans who voted with Democrats were: Sens. Rand Paul, who cosponsored the resolution, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell and Lisa Murkowski.

The move amounts to rare bipartisan pushback against Trump in the GOP-led Senate and comes after Trump criticized the measure and urged Republicans to vote against it.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/politics/senate-vote-tariffs-republicans-trump/index.html

[babylonsister]

1. Only 4 is what's disgusting. nt

[PSPS]

2. You're right. If they were serious, they'd leave the GOP and caucus with the democrats.

[Polybius]

5. They agree with Trump on 95% of the issues

Why would they caucus elsewhere?

[riversedge]

9. agree, but it is a start.

[HereForTheParty]

3. Schumer sure can get meaningless stuff done

nm

[Wiz Imp]

4. This is far from meaningless.

[Marie Marie]

6. And why just Canada? I mean I'm glad they spared our wonderful

northern neighbors but why didn't they take back their power to control any tariffs You know... the way these things are supposed to work.

[Wiz Imp]

7. They wanted to keep it narrowly focused to begin with to try to make sure it passed

before moving on to more. Canada was easy because there is clearly absolutely no reason to declare a state of emergency with Canada. Now that this one passed, they almost surely move on to others.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-dems-foreshadow-more-forced-190346506.html

Senate Democrats signaled more challenges to President Donald Trump's emergency declarations at a press conference ahead of a forced floor vote to undo his tariffs against Canada.

"One at a time," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told reporters on Wednesday when asked if we would also be introducing a privileged resolution canceling Trump's emergency declaration in Mexico.

"Let's get this one done. And if we can get this one done and succeed, then we also have to see what President Trump does this afternoon," he explained, referencing the president's planned remarks on tariffs at 4 p.m. in the White House's Rose Garden.

"There may be a whole new series of trade or tariff-related motions coming your way soon," the Virginia Democrat said.

[Marie Marie]

10. Oh - good to know. Thanks for the info.

[JohnSJ]

8. meaningless, unless they can override a veto, and the House will also vote for it.