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Lauren Gambino

Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs

Man holds hands together as reporters watch
Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of the four Republicans who voted to block Trump’s tariffs. Photograph: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Several Republican senators joined Democrats to pass a resolution that would block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare rebuke of the president’s trade policy just hours after he announced plans for sweeping import taxes on some of the country’s largest trading partners.

In a 51-48 vote, four Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and both Kentucky senators, the former majority leader Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul – defied Trump’s pressure campaign and supported the measure. Democrats used a procedural maneuver to force a vote on the resolution, which would terminate the national emergency on fentanyl Trump is using to justify tariffs on Canada.

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