Washington — The Senate voted Thursday to approve a resolution that would block President Trump's tariffs on countries around the world, the third in a trio of rebukes of the president's trade policy this week.

In a 51 to 47 vote, four Republicans joined Democrats to approve the resolution. Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky, along with Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, supported the resolution. It was not subject to the 60-vote threshold needed for most legislation, requiring just a simple majority.

The resolution is largely symbolic since it almost certainly won't be taken up by the House, where GOP leaders have taken steps to prevent lawmakers from forcing a vote on the president's tariffs. Senate Democrats forced a vote on the resolution, which was led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, by bypassing GOP leadership using a provision of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the law that the president invoked to impose the tariffs.

In April, Mr. Trump declared a national emergency, citing "structural imbalances in the global trading system." The president then announced the U.S. would impose a minimum baseline of 10% tariffs on goods imported from all foreign countries, dubbing it "Liberation Day."

Wyden, speaking on the Senate floor ahead of the vote, said the president's "actions clearly go beyond what the law allows, which is why I'm urging passage of this bill to finally end the president's unlawful tariffs."

"The Senate is not a spectator to the workings of the federal government," Wyden said. "When it comes to international trade, and tariffs in particular, the United States Congress has clear authority."

Sen. Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican, spoke out against the resolution, saying "at this juncture, this resolution is counterproductive to helping American families and businesses of all sizes."

"It's no secret that for decades, countries around the globe have raised tariff and non-tariff barr

ariff and non-tariff barriers against Americans and against American business, and have raised the cost for Americans and American businesses without response from the United States. President Trump is now responding," Crapo said. "The president's negotiations are bearing fruit."

The vote came after Mr. Trump announced overnight that he would cut tariffs on Beijing after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China was part of the "Liberation Day" tariffs and has been embroiled in a months-long trade war with the U.S.

Vice President JD Vance, who met with Senate Republicans earlier this week on the issue, defended the tariffs, telling reporters that "tariffs give us the ability to put American workers first."

"They force American industry to reinvest in the United States of America, instead of a foreign country," the vice president said. "They're also incredible leverage for the president of the United States in negotiating these trade deals overseas."

The Senate on Tuesday approved a resolution that would block Mr. Trump's tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans joining Democrats to back the measure. Then, on Wednesday, the Senate approved a resolution that would block Mr. Trump's tariffs on Canada, with support from four Republicans.

Thursday's vote also marked the second time the chamber has weighed in on the issue, after the Senate voted in April on a resolution to Mr. Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. The effort fell short at the time, with two senators who had previously voiced opposition to the tariffs measure absent from the vote.

>>1453753
>The resolution is largely symbolic
...but symbolism has power.
The cracks in the symbol of MAGA that is Trump are starting to show, now there are those in the Republican party who have had enough of his shit. And it's not just the politicians themselves but their voters who have had enough and will have said so in no uncertain terms to them.
I'm sure said voters will listen to you, MAGA cultists of /news/. /s

>>1453751
There was already a thread about this >>1453437

>>1453751
This adds to a theory I had in another thread about the shutdown.
I think Senate Republicans have had enough of Mike Johnson's bullshit in the House.
He said weeks ago that he refuses to reopen the House until the shutdown ends, and said on Tuesday he will not reopen to consider stopgap bills to pay troops/ government employees and fund SNAP through the shutdown.
So yesterday Senate Republicans introduced a bill to do exactly that, which is apparently being worked on with a bipartisan group in the Senate. And now this.
Johnson refusing to reopen the House binds the hands of Senate Republicans. It makes it impossible for them to negotiate with Senate Democrats to get to 60 votes and end the shutdown.
And my theory is Republican leadership in the Senate are pissed off about the House Speaker flexing power and effectively telling them what they can and can't do.
So expect to see bills like this trickle out from the Senate as a way for Senate Republicans to start piling pressure on Johnson without openly acknowledging a split between the houses.

>>1453751
But Trump lives & breaths Tariffs!

Welp, those tariffs helped some rich people get richer at the cost of some permanent pain to some lower class workers losing jobs/farms. Thanks Trump, my shares are up 3%. LMAO, thanks again Maga.

>>1453941
B-b-but some Democrat! Shill. La la la la la, can't hear you.

>>1453999
Trump's having a bit of an asthma attack now China's paying less in tariffs. He's still not beating those hypocrisy allegations with those Trump phones made in China.
Shanghai has an operational maglev train before USA. Speaking of Shanghai, a certain games company there funding such will help in China perfecting fusion reactors before USA too.

>>1454003
We could have trains too, but you see how those work with diversity an sheeeiiitt in play.

>>1454012
>we

>Maglev trains in China
>2030, faster maglev trains in Japan: Chuo Shinkansen
>both using the principle of Linear Acceleration
Eric Laithwaite would approve
>retardation by 'Accelerationists'
Eric Laithwaite would not approve

>>1454019
god why wont the FBI take down obvious bot posters for fucks sake

>what is 'Hide Post' or simply ignore certain posts
God, why won't certain people stop being so autistic for fuck's sake?
>wont
>fucks
God, why isn't a certain poster in /news/ going to English classes to know how to spell words properly? And why does he need to behave here in a way that normal reasonable people don't?

"never has one person done more damage to America in so little time as Donald j tRump"

>>1453751
Nothing happened, Johnson will never bring this to the floor in the House.

>>1454012

>republicans notoriously vote down efficient puublic infrastructure because it has to be affordable for people to use it.

>blaming brown people for the national failure of the ultra rich white ruling class