Senate approves resolution against Trump’s Canada tariffs hours after ‘Liberation Day’ event
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Sen.RandPaul,R-Ky.,criticizestheTrumpadministration’stariffpolicyon‘AmericaReports.’
TheSenateonWednesdayapprovedaresolutionopposingPresidentDonaldTrump’stariffsonimportsfromCanadahoursafterhiseventchampioning“LiberationDay.”
FourRepublicans–Sens.RandPaulandMitchMcConnell,ofKentucky;SusanCollins,ofMaine;andLisaMurkowski,ofAlaska,sidedwithDemocratsinvotingforaresolutionthatwouldrepealtheemergencydeclarationthatpermittedTrumptolevytaxesonCanadabycitingdeadlyfentanylflowingacrosstheborder.Themeasure,introducedbySen.TimKaine,D-Va.,passedtheupperchamberofCongressbya51-48vote.
Theresolutionlikelywon’tsurvivetheGOP-controlledHouse,butitspassagewasasmallvictoryforDemocratslookingfortheirbestattacklinebeforethemidterms.
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Sen.RandPaul,R-Ky.,talkswithreportersaftertheSenateluncheonintheU.S.CapitolonTuesda