Several Republicans Vote With Dems to Nix Tariffs on Brazil

By Sarah Anderson

Thom Tillis. Mitch McConnell. Lisa Murkowski. Susan Collins. Rand Paul. 

Those are the five Republican Senators who crossed party lines to vote with Democrats on S.J.Res. 81, a “joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil,” repealing the 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports. The bill passed 52-48, and it would need to pass the House to reach Donald Trump’s desk. That’s unlikely, and even if it did, the president would veto it. Essentially, it was pointless, but Kaine claimed he was sending the president a message.

“I’m against tariffs generally, unless they’re used very specifically,” he said ahead of the vote. “But I’m also against letting presidents just invent a reason to use emergency powers to do all kinds of things without coming to Congress.”

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