The votes are NON-Binding since the House won’t follow the Senate’s lead against Trump’s moves…
But it WILL express displeasure with Trump’s actions against the two countries…
The Supreme Court is expected to make a judgement call on if Trump can use a manujefatured ’emergency’ to run his own Tariff/Import Tax American Policy…
The Senate on Wednesday voted for a second time in as many days to knock down President Donald Trump’s tariffs — this time his duties on neighboring Canada.
The vote — the second of three votes on Trump’s tariffs scheduled for this week — passed 50-46, with four Republicans voting with the Democrats: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky. Collins, Murkowski and Paul were all cosponsors of the bill. The same four GOP senators voted for a resolution to block the tariffs on Brazilian goods Tuesday.
They also joined Democrats to block the Canada tariffs for a first time in April.
Trump spiked ongoing trade talks with Canada last weekend, after the provincial government of Ontario began running an ad during playoff baseball games featuring former President Ronald Reagan criticizing the use of tariffs. He also said he would raise duties on Canadian exports by an additional 10 percent — from their current 35 percent — but has yet to follow through on that threat.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he is ready to reengage in talks when the president is ready. Carney has said the U.S. and Canada were making considerable progress on steel, aluminum and energy tariffs before the talks fell apart.
Collins, whose state borders Canada, said she voted for the resolution because of how “intertwined” the two economies are….
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One more vote on the tariffs — this one to block Trump’s widespread global tariffs — is expected Thursday.
The votes are largely symbolic, however. Republican leaders in the House used a legislative maneuver to block votes on tariffs until March….
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