Congress failed to pass on Wednesday a measure seeking to undo President Donald Trump's tariffs. The vote was a 49-49 tie, with three GOP senators (Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins) joining all Democrats present in supporting the bill, which sought to end the national emergency declared by Trump to implement the tariffs.
Democrats were actually in a strong position to pass the bill. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat, voiced support for the bill but were absent for the vote, which required a simple majority to pass.
