Posted on 10/30/2025 6:43:33 PM PDT by RandFan
Four Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution to repeal President Trump’s global tariffs, including steeper rates on long-time allies such as the European Union, Japan and South Korea.
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), the GOP sponsor of the resolution, and Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for it.
The same proposal failed in the Senate in late April on a 50-49 vote after Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote to defeat it.
Critically, McConnell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), who voted Thursday for the resolution, missed the vote in the spring.
The one-page Senate joint resolution simply declares that the national emergency declaration that Trump invoked on April 2, which the president dubbed “Liberation Day,” to authorize sweeping reciprocal tariffs on countries cross the globe would be “terminated” on the date of its enactment.
Passage of the measure is a symbolic victory for critics of Trump’s trade policies, but it will have little practical effect as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is unlikely to bring it up for a vote in the House and Trump is certain to veto anything that curtails his power.
Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the lead Democratic sponsor of the resolution, said Trump’s tariffs have increased costs for ordinary Americans.
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Smoking out the usual suspects.
The usual suspects.
Yes I read it im aware it goes no where BUT it’s still a rebuke in the United States Senate with its own implications, symbolic in nature.
You need to tone it down a bit and read the rules
Its a totally meaningless gesture with zero effect on anything.
Maybe not. There is a case at Scotus to decide on the lawfulness of Trump's tariffs. The Senate committee vote may provide support for an argument about the intent of Congress regarding any tariff authority which has been delegated to the Executive.
Nope.
It won't.
This SCOTUS is not moved by far left lunatics. Trump will win that case.
I expect the supporters hope the scotus notices.
OK McConnell, Collins and Murkowski were probably givens. And Rand Paul is such a liberarian who knows what he was thinking. Perhaps this is the Anti-Trump “minor wine” Democrats and Rino’s need when the Anti-Trump forces allow the CR to be passed.
Why don’t these f::k faces vote on paying the military. Me thinks Rand has a small package and is trying to over compensate.
FU and your traitor buddy Rand. This will go nowhere and you know it. Judas scum such as yourself need to be removed from FR.
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Yes, only Comer seems to represent us in KY.
Of course your boy is among the usual suspects. All are Democrats who do not accept the Consetitution as written. All 4 need to be replaced with real coservatives.
F’g traitors. Paid off losers.
I wish they would do that!
It’s all about Kentucky bourbon which sucks IMO.
You need to FOAD.
That is a typical tactic of the RINOs, useless virtue signaling.
@LeaderJohnThune
WTF??????
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