Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska sided with all Senate Democrats in voting to block the president’s tariffs.
The joint resolution declares that Trump’s April 2 national emergency declaration, which authorized the broad imposition of tariffs, will terminate once the measure becomes law.
A similar effort to revoke the tariffs failed in April, when McConnell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island were absent. In that vote, Vice President JD Vance broke a 49-49 tie to preserve the tariffs.
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