A Senate Vote to Reverse Trump's Tariffs on Canada Is Testing Republican Support [View all]
Source: US News and World Report/AP
April 1, 2025, at 12:04 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump's so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada. Republicans have watched with some unease as the president's attempts to remake global trade have sent the stock market downward, but they have so far stood by Trump's on-again-off-again threats to levy taxes on imported goods.
Even as the resolution from Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia offered them a potential off-ramp to the tariffs levied on Canadian imports, Republican leaders were trying to keep senators in line by focusing on fentanyl that comes into the U.S. over its northern border. It was yet another example of how Trump is not only reorienting global economics, but upending his party's longtime support for ideas like free trade.
“I really relish giving my Republican colleagues the chance to not just say they're concerned, but actually take an action to stop these tariffs,” Kaine told The Associated Press in an interview last week.
Kaine's resolution would end the emergency declaration that Trump signed in February to implement tariffs on Canada as punishment for not doing enough to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. If the Senate passes the resolution, it would still need to be taken up by the Republican-controlled House.
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Link to PRESS RELEASE - Kaine, Klobuchar, and Warner Announce Expected Vote Timing on their Bill to Undo Canada Tariffs that will Raise Costs
Link to RESOLUTION DESCRIPTION site - Kaine, Klobuchar & Warner Formally File Legislation to Undo President Trump’s Senseless Taxes on Canadian Goods
Link to DRAFT RESOLUTION (PDF) - https://www.kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ros25392.pdf
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